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US 11,610,571 B2Granted
Humbucker pickup for string instruments with interposed tone-altering signal processor
OwnerChristopher B. Millsinventor
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Abstract
A pickup for stringed instruments with an interposed tone-altering signals process is described herein. In one aspect, the pickup can include a first coil wound around a first plurality of pole pieces, where a first end of the first coil is coupled directly to an amplifier output; a second coil wound around a second plurality of pole pieces; and a tone-altering signal processor coupled to an end of the second coil and the amplifier output.
Claims14
A passive pickup for a string instrument, the pickup comprising:
- a first coil wound around a first plurality of pole pieces, wherein a first end of the first coil is coupled directly to an output for coupling to an amplifier;
- a second coil wound around a second plurality of pole pieces;
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- a passive tone-altering signal processor coupled to an end of the second coil and the output for coupling to an amplifier, in parallel with first end of the first coil.
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A pickup for a string instrument, the pickup consisting of:
- a first coil wound around a first plurality of pole pieces, wherein a first end of the first coil is coupled directly to an output for coupling to an amplifier;
- a second coil wound around a second plurality of pole pieces;
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- a tone-altering signal processor coupled to an end of the second coil and the output for coupling to an amplifier.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.