The invention relates to an electric stringed instrument (100) comprising at least one string (120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125) stretched between two support points (110, 111), wherein the length of each string (120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125) is defined as the length of the string by the distance (d) between the two support points (110, 111), and at least one
pickup (130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135) per string (120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125), which converts mechanical vibrations of the corresponding string (120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125) during playing into an electrical
signal converts. According to the invention, the at least one
pickup (130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135) covers at least 10% of the length of the string as
pickup length (T), preferably at least 25%, particularly preferably at least 50% of the length of the string.