Abstract: The invention is an electric pickup for stringed instruments comprising an isolated bridge and a hollow coil suspendedly held beneath the strings. A fixed, adjustable member suspendedly holds a magnet within the hollow center of the coil, or suspendedly holds the coil with its hollow center around a magnet. Also, the invention is an improved electric fiddle stick employing this electric pickup.

Abstract: An electric stringed instrument, namely a fiddle stick (10) and a combination magnetic and contact pickup (20) are disclosed. Fiddle stick (10) has a set of five metallic strings (16) being attached under tension along the length of elongated body (11). Elongated body (11) includes a head (12), a neck (13), a finger board (14), base segment (15), a tail piece (18) and a chin rest (33). An adjustable position combination electromagnetic and contact pickup (20) is suspendedly attached to elongated body (11) and includes a first coil (21), and a magnet (32). A second humbucking coil (29), having an opposite electrical sense to that of first coil (21), is suspended within elongated body (11) to inhibit electrical noise.