This is a Java tutorial, which requires that you have Java, a
free software, installed on your computer. It works best if you
have the latest version of Java installed. If you are having
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latest version of Java. An electric guitar sounds different than
an acoustic guitar chiefly because of differences in the bodies
of the instruments. An acoustic guitar features a soundboard
mounted on a hollow body that enables the vibration of the
guitar strings to be readily heard, but electric guitars mostly
have a solid body that lacks a soundboard. Instead, the electric
guitar is designed to produce audible sound through the combined
action of electricity and magnetism. The vibrations of the
strings are converted into an electric signal via a magnetic
component called the pickup, and this signal is then sent to an
amplifier and speaker. A single guitar pickup is illustrated in
this tutorial. The pickup consists of a Coil of wire wound
around a permanent magnet,