Yes, a pickup that has an output for each string is called a "hexaphonic pickup". Note that normal guitar pickups have one or two coils (humbucker) that span a

Yes, a pickup that has an output for each string is called a "hexaphonic pickup". Note that normal guitar pickups have one or two coils (humbucker) that span all six strings. A hexaphonic pickup has 6 or 12 coils for 6 outputs, one (or two) per string. The first time I recall hearing about this was with In Flames' album Reroute to Remain. That album has pretty fat distortion sounds.