[LAU] [OT] guitar pickups: how to get separate signals for each string?

[David]

On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:56:36 +0100
Jörn Nettingsmeier <nettings at folkwang-hochschule.de> wrote:

> a guitarist friend of mine is looking for ways to get six separate
> outputs from a guitar, one for each string. he has a godin multiac,
> which comes with a 13-pin connector meant for the roland gr series
> guitar synthesizers - i wonder what would be involved in using the
> signal directly? if you've tried this, or know someone who has, please
> holler!
> next time i can get my hands on the instrument, i'll try some hi-z
> preamps (i guess it's a more or less raw piezo output)...
> 
> also, i'd be interested to learn of replacement pickups for other
> guitars in humbucker or single coil format that provide six signal
> outs...

As pointed by others, have a look at the Roland GK3 hexaphonic pickup.

Then you might be interested by a PD patch made by Miller Puckette
himself :

http://www.mail-archive.com/pd-announce@iem.at/msg00400.html

HTH

-- David