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I'm no expert, so I'll try to give you a vague description.

As the metal string on an Electric Guitar vibrates they act on the magnetic field of the pickups. (I'm not sure if you've done experiments in physics class before where you move a magnet through a metal cylinder, this causes an electrical charge to be produced, almost the same principle with pickups)

The electric signal then travels through the wiring and into the amplifier, which "amplifies" the electric signal.

A somewhat vague description but pretty much the basics of it.

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