US 2003/0145715 A1Published application

Method for switching electric guitar pickups

OwnerThomas Fredrick Wnorowskiinventor

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Abstract

A guitar pickup switching system for a three pickup guitar has a bridge pickup, a middle pickup, and a neck pickup for an electric guitar. This invention utilizes a switch arrangement which permits the three pickup guitar player to select outputs of the pickups in any one of 29 series, parallel, in-phase, and/or out-of-phase combinations. A guitar pickup switching system for a two pickup guitar has a bridge pickup and a neck pickup for an electric guitar. This invention utilizes a switch arrangement which permits the two pickup guitar player to select outputs of the pickups in any one of 6 series, parallel, in-phase, and/or out-of-phase combinations.

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A guitar pickup switching system for a 3-pickup guitar, comprising:

a single-coil or a multiple-coil bridge pickup
a single-coil or a multiple-coil middle pickup
a single-coil or a multiple-coil neck pickup;
and
a switching means consisting of three double-pole, double-throw (center off) switches and three double-pole, double throw (no center off) switches for selecting outputs of said pickups to provide any one of the following 29 combinations:
(01) bridge pickup output alone,
(02) middle pickup output alone,
(03) neck pickup output alone,
(04) bridge pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection),
(05) bridge pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection)
(06) middle pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection)
(07) bridge pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection)
(08) bridge pickup output (out-of-phase, parallel connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection),
(09) bridge pickup output (out-of-phase, parallel connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection),
(10) middle pickup output (out-of-phase, parallel connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection),
(11) bridge pickup output (out-of-phase, parallel connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection),
(12) bridge pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection) plus middle pickup output (out-of-phase, parallel connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection),
(13) bridge pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection) plus neck pickup output (out-of-phase, parallel connection),
(14) bridge pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, series connection),
(15) bridge pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, series connection)
(16) middle pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, series connection)
(17) bridge pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, series connection),
(18) bridge pickup output (out-of-phase, series connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, series connection),
(19) bridge pickup output (out-of-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, series connection)
(20) middle pickup output (out-of-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, series connection),
(21) bridge pickup output (out-of-phase, series connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, series connection),
(22) bridge pickup output (out-of-phase, series connection) plus middle pickup output (out-of-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, series connection),
(23) bridge pickup output (out-of-phase, series connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (out-of-phase, series connection)
(24) bridge pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection),
(25) bridge pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection)
(26) middle pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection),
(27) bridge pickup output (out-of-phase, series connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (out-of-phase, parallel connection),
(28) bridge pickup output (out-of-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus middle pickup output (out-of-phase, parallel connection),
(29) middle pickup output (out-of-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus bridge pickup output (out-of-phase, parallel connection),

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Abstract

A guitar pickup switching system for a 3-pickup guitar, comprising:

a single-coil or a multiple-coil bridge pickup
a single-coil or a multiple-coil middle pickup
a single-coil or a multiple-coil neck pickup;
and
a switching means consisting of three double-pole, double-throw (center off) switches and three double-pole, double throw (no center off) switches for selecting outputs of said pickups to provide any one of the following 29 combinations:
(01) bridge pickup output alone,
(02) middle pickup output alone,
(03) neck pickup output alone,
(04) bridge pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection),
(05) bridge pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection)
(06) middle pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection)
(07) bridge pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection)
(08) bridge pickup output (out-of-phase, parallel connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection),
(09) bridge pickup output (out-of-phase, parallel connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection),
(10) middle pickup output (out-of-phase, parallel connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection),
(11) bridge pickup output (out-of-phase, parallel connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection),
(12) bridge pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection) plus middle pickup output (out-of-phase, parallel connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection),
(13) bridge pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection) plus neck pickup output (out-of-phase, parallel connection),
(14) bridge pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, series connection),
(15) bridge pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, series connection)
(16) middle pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, series connection)
(17) bridge pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, series connection),
(18) bridge pickup output (out-of-phase, series connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, series connection),
(19) bridge pickup output (out-of-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, series connection)
(20) middle pickup output (out-of-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, series connection),
(21) bridge pickup output (out-of-phase, series connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, series connection),
(22) bridge pickup output (out-of-phase, series connection) plus middle pickup output (out-of-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, series connection),
(23) bridge pickup output (out-of-phase, series connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (out-of-phase, series connection)
(24) bridge pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection),
(25) bridge pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection)
(26) middle pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, parallel connection),
(27) bridge pickup output (out-of-phase, series connection) plus middle pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (out-of-phase, parallel connection),
(28) bridge pickup output (out-of-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus middle pickup output (out-of-phase, parallel connection),
(29) middle pickup output (out-of-phase, series connection) plus neck pickup output (in-phase, series connection) plus bridge pickup output (out-of-phase, parallel connection),

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