KNA Pickups are dedicated to providing acoustic musicians with natural-sounding, natural-looking means to amplify their instruments. Their mission bridges the traditions of Old World artisans with the innovation of modern musicians they serve. Each of their pickups is handcrafted in Europe using the fine components and tonewoods usually reserved for instruments themselves.

In their full range of pickup solutions, they offer several designs to ensure players get the best sound possible for their application. Their piezo, magnetic, passive, and active pickups offer natural sound reproduction tailored specifically for the tonal and dynamic range of each instrument. Universal pickups that will work for nearly any instrument with a flat surface where the transducer can be placed, and popular models for nylon and steel-string guitar, ukulele, banjo, bouzouki, violin, viola, cello and double bass. Each is crafted to offer the most authentic sound possible, with an easy installation that requires little or no modification to the instrument.

The KNA story begins with Vladimir Hranov, who conceived and built a prototype bridge-mount pickup for nylon-string guitar.

As a young boy, Hranov became fascinated by radio and learned to build his own, along with remote control cars and airplanes. He began building and selling guitar pickups in the 1960s. He followed his passion to the Puldin guitar factory, where he learned to make magnetic pickups. He was quickly promoted to lead the electric guitar division.

The popular, state-run Puldin Company was eventually dissolved. Hranov continued to develop his original ideas, including a series of passive piezoelectric pickups. In 2005, he shared those ideas with Nikolay Iliev, who was the distributor of Kremona musical instruments in North America.

The early pickups were introduced to the United States, with improved designs and packaging. The line was expanded to accommodate ukulele players, violinists, cellists, and bassists.

KNA pickups offers a wide range of pickup types for various instruments, including piezo, magnetic, passive, and active pickups 1. Each pickup is designed to offer natural sound reproduction tailored specifically for the tonal and dynamic range of each instrument. KNA pickups are available for a variety of instruments such as guitar, ukulele, violin, viola, cello, bass, banjo, mandolin, and bouzouki. Some of their popular pickups include the VC-1 PICKUP for cello, the DB-1 PICKUP for double bass, the HP-1A PICKUP for steel-string guitar, and the BP-1 Pickup.