Bingo! It's all about harmonics' nodes. For a visualization, Cycfi Research has a great series on how pickup position affects tones. He also sells a "modeling p

Bingo! It's all about harmonics' nodes. For a visualization, Cycfi Research has a great series on how pickup position affects tones. He also sells a "modeling pickup" based on this theory. https://www.cycfi.com/2014/07/virtual-pickup-placement-part-1/ https://www.cycfi.com/2014/07/virtual-pickup-placement-part-...