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US 11,735,151 B2Granted
Electric guitar pickup selector switch position lock
AssigneeLance R. McCormick
InventorLance Robert McCormick
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Abstract
Mechanical methods for temporarily securing or stopping the pickup selector switch of an electronically amplified string musical instrument with multiple electromagnetic pickups.
Claims6
A switch control apparatus for electric guitar having multiple electromagnetic pickups and a pickup selector switch for triggering the pickups, individually or in combination, which sends their signal to an amplifier, the switch control apparatus comprised of:
- a thumb screw securing knob, swing arm retaining plate, and base late;
- the base plate is characterize by two mounting holes for mounting to guitar face that correspond with mounting holes of the said pickup selector switch, a threaded hole for thumb screw securing knob, position divots located on a top surface of the base plate, in conjunction with a thumb screw securing knob, are configured to locate and secure swing arm retaining plate positions that coincide with pickup selector switch positions;
- the swing arm retaining plate characterized by a through hole for thumb screw securing knob and a set screw for the location of positon divots on a top surface of base plate;
- the thumb screw securing knob is characterize by a threaded shaft for insertion into base plate and a knurled knob.
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