<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">>Wow, + and - to where on the string..? One at each end of the string<BR>
>should keep them warm for winter playing.<BR>
>The magnetic field will dampen the vibration of the strings. The magnet<BR>
>in a pickup is only there to create the field that the steel string<BR>
>disrupts. So, you need a coil of wire to pickup these field<BR>
>disturbances, that get amplified to produce a signal.<BR>
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No, I'm actually doing this partially to test a theory that the the string itself will generate oscillating current.<BR>
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Side view:<BR>
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where '=' is the fretboard, "|" is a nail stuck into the fretboard, and "----------" is the string. A wire will be soldered to each nail, and one connected to the + and one the - of the phone jack.</FONT></HTML>