How do guitar pickups turn the signal into electricity?

Question

How does the pickup actually know what the magnets are picking up? And how does it send that to the amp?

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Answer 1

>what the magnets are picking up

The magnets magnetize the strings

These string magnets move when you strum

Moving a magnet near a coil of wire *induces* a current in that wire. It’s the coil which does the picking up.