Name: Submarine
Brand: Submarine Pickup
SKU: SUB-001-V4
Price: 145.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

The two-string guitar pickup for independent effects and processing

£145.00 £159.00

Free UK shipping

Submarine slips under the strings, letting you isolate one or two strings and send them through a separate effects chain.

Low-profile, fully analogue, passive pickup

No modifications to your guitar | Works alongside your existing pickups | Easy, reversible installation

Attaches in seconds
No modifications to your guitar are required. (No soldering, routing or drilling)
Die cast, chrome plated, hand polished housing
All analogue passive pickup - no batteries required
Toggle switch selects 1 or 2 string outputs. 3rd position mutes the pickups
For use with acoustic or electric guitars
Attach to your guitar with non marking, re-useable, micro suction pad or with acid free 3M adhesive disc magnets.
3.5mm jack output - supplied with adaptor cable for use with regular 1/4" guitar cables

Submarine Pickup
Stereo adaptor cable (3.5mm male to 6.35mm female) for one channel output. Two channel output possible with purchase of Y-split cable.
1.5mm Allen Key
2 x ⌀15mm adhesive magnets

Pickup type: Passive electromagnetic
Strings: Isolates one or two strings
Outputs: Up to 2 independent outputs
Connection: 1 × 3.5 mm stereo minijack socket
Recommended clearance: 9–21.5 mm between E strings and guitar body
Space between pickups: 20 mm minimum
Supplied cable: 900 mm minijack-to-¼-inch female adaptor
Two-channel use: Requires a stereo-to-dual-mono Y-split cable

Full specs

Length: 85 mm
Width: 20 mm
Height at switch: 26.5 mm
Minimum height beneath E strings: 5.5 mm, without baseplate
Adjustment screw centres: 26 mm
Weight: 42 g
Coil impedance: 2.5 kΩ per coil
Magnets: 4 × neodymium N42
Housing: Chrome-plated, hand-polished die-cast zinc
Switch: 1 × three-way toggle (DP3T)
Adjacent string spacing: 8.5–10 mm

Submarine v4.0 · January 2026

Warranty

All products include a one-year warranty. If something isn’t right, email support@submarinepickup.com. We’ll also help outside warranty where we can.

Returns & exchanges

Contact us within 60 days of delivery to arrange a return or exchange. Faulty products and incorrect orders qualify for a full refund.

Changed your mind or returning a gift? Items must be in original condition and packaging. Return postage isn’t covered, and refunds go to the original purchaser’s payment method.

Standard Pickup

Six Strings → One combined output

Submarine

Two strings → Isolate sound → Switch strings on or off

Use Submarine on its own, or alongside your existing pickups to isolate individual strings and explore new sounds without changing your normal guitar tone.

“Ingenious”

Sound On Sound

“a cool, simple invention that could have oodles of uses.”

Gear Gods

“The Submarine leads to abundant exploration with sound…”

Pedal Of The Day

“This is one of the coolest guitar products I've ever used!”

Ian Vargo - Waveinformer

“Gives you new ways to get exciting and weird sounds out of your guitar! A lot of people use it to beef up their low end, but there's a ton of other odd fun to be had with it…”

Get Offset

“Adds a lot more audio scope to your performance.”

Saphrox Studios

“With the Submarine pickup you can make your guitar sound like two guitars. Just put it under your low 2 strings or high 2 strings and that's it - that way you have 2 outputs with so many possibilities.”

Pedals Fusion

“Is your band missing a bass player, but you do have a guitar? Have you ever wished you could just play both at the same time? I've been interested in this idea for most of my life, and pretty disappointed with the solutions I've tried so far. But then I found the Submarine Pickup…”

LeFevers Audio

“If you haven’t already, check them out. They sound class.”

Seán O'Meara

Removable installation

All Submarine products are designed to be easily fitted and easily removed leaving no marks or damage to your guitar. Switch the pick-up to other guitars in your collection with ease.

Choose your guitar to see the installation steps

1. Remove the protective film

Peel the clear protective film from the nanosuction pad on the underside of Submarine.

2. Position Submarine

Slide Submarine under the strings and press gently onto the guitar body to secure it in place.

3. Adjust the height

Adjust the pickup height to bring Submarine closer to the strings if needed.

4. Plug and play

Connect Submarine to your effects chain or amp and use the switch to select which strings you want to hear.

Add sub-octave bass

Drop lower strings by an octave while your main guitar sound stays separate.
Add treble ambience

Add delay or reverb to selected strings without washing out the whole signal.
Three-way switch

The middle position activates both strings, forward mutes the pickup, and back selects a single string.

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