hex guitar pickup?

[Jeremy Brookes]

>an analog jazz impro kinda guy has asked me about making an analog
controller
>from his guitar... I was thinking something like the early GR-300 Roland
thing,
>but modern technology... does anyone know whether the little stepped flat
>pickup thing
>that comes with modern Roland midi guitar systems is a hex pickup that can
>be used
>to source signals for this? I don't want to get involved in midi at all on
>this one
>and i dont want to physically hack the guitar.


I've heard of using tape deck heads as individual pick ups under guitar
strings, but you need a very high bridge for this or a recess in the body.
It might be possible to rig something up in place of an existing pickup.
Just six tape heads glued into a lump of plastic.