# US 2014/0150630 A1 · Wireless Electric Guitar > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0150630 A1 - Document ID: US20140150630A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/882,193 - Filed: 2011-10-28 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2010-10-28 - Assignees: Gison Guitar Corp. - Inventors: Henry E. Juszkiewicz - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140150630A1 ## CPC - G10H 1/02: Means for controlling the tone frequencies, e.g. attack or decay; Means for producing special musical effects, e.g. vibratos or glissandos - G10H 1/0083: {using wireless transmission, e.g. radio, light, infrared} - G10H 1/0091: {Means for obtaining special acoustic effects (combined with modulation G10H1/043)} - G10H 1/44: Tuning means - G10H 3/18: using a string, e.g. electric guitar {(mechanical features G10D1/085)} - G10H 3/188: {for converting the signal to digital format (transmission using a MIDI interface G10H1/0066)} - G10H: ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE ## Abstract An electronics module for an electric guitar is provided. The electronics module includes a processor, a plurality of controls, an antenna, and a computer-readable medium. The processor receives an audio signal generated by a vibration of a plurality of strings of the electric guitar. The plurality of controls are operably coupled to the processor and provide a mechanism for adjusting a sound created from the audio signal. The computer-readable medium is operably coupled to the processor and configured to cause the electric guitar to determine a control of the plurality of controls associated with the received effects parameter; adjust a state of the determined control based on the received effects parameter; modify the audio signal based on the plurality of controls and on the received effects parameter; and output the modified audio signal through the antenna to a second device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronics module of an electric guitar comprising: a processor mounted within a base of an electric guitar and configured to receive an audio signal generated by a vibration of a plurality of strings of the electric guitar; a plurality of controls mounted to the electric guitar, wherein the plurality of controls provide a mechanism for adjusting a sound created from the audio signal, and further wherein the plurality of controls are operably coupled to the processor; an antenna operably coupled to the processor and configured to receive a wireless signal including an effects parameter from a first external device; and a computer-readable medium operably coupled to the processor, the computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the electric guitar to determine a control of the plurality of controls associated with the received effects parameter; adjust a state of the determined control based on the received effects parameter; modify the audio signal based on the plurality of controls and on the received effects parameter; and output the modified audio signal through the antenna to a second external device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronics module of claim 1, wherein the modified audio signal includes a digital signal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronics module of claim 1, wherein the first external device and the second external device are the same device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronics module of claim 1, wherein the processor includes a microcontroller unit and a digital signal processor operably coupled to the microcontroller unit to communicate a data signal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The electronics module of claim 4, wherein the plurality of controls are operably coupled to the microcontroller unit and the microcontroller unit is configured to receive a state signal from the determined control, and further wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the electric guitar to update the adjusted state of the determined control and to send information related to the updated state to the digital signal processor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electronics module of claim 5, wherein the antenna is operably coupled to the microcontroller unit and the microcontroller unit is configured to receive the effects parameter, and further wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the electric guitar to update an effects value associated with the effects parameter and to send the updated effects value to the digital signal processor. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electronics module of claim 6, wherein the audio signal is received by the digital signal processor, and the computer-readable instructions stored in the digital signal processor modify the audio signal based on the updated state and on the updated effects value. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronics module of claim 1, wherein the antenna is operably coupled to the processor through a wireless communication module configured to support the Bluetooth protocol. ### Claim 9 An electric guitar comprising: a body, the body comprising a base, wherein the base comprises a tailpiece mounted to the base; a neck mounted to and extending from an end of the base; and a headstock mounted to and extending from an end of the neck opposite the base, wherein the neck comprises a plurality of string posts; a plurality of strings mounted at a first end to the tailpiece and at a second end to the plurality of string posts; a processor mounted within the base and configured to receive an audio signal generated by a vibration of the plurality of strings; a plurality of controls mounted to the body, wherein the plurality of controls provide a mechanism for adjusting a sound created from the audio signal, and further wherein the plurality of controls are operably coupled to the processor; an antenna operably coupled to the processor and configured to receive a wireless signal including an effects parameter from a first external device; and a computer-readable medium operably coupled to the processor, the computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the electric guitar to determine a control of the plurality of controls associated with the received effects parameter; adjust a state of the determined control based on the received effects parameter; modify the audio signal based on the plurality of controls and on the received effects parameter; and output the modified audio signal through the antenna to a second external device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The electric guitar of claim 7, wherein the first external device and the second external device are the same device. ### Claim 11 A sound system comprising: a sound receiving/producing device; a control device; and an electric guitar comprising a body, the body comprising a base, wherein the base comprises a tailpiece mounted to the base; a neck mounted to and extending from an end of the body; and a headstock mounted to and extending from an end of the neck opposite the body, wherein the neck comprises a plurality of string posts; a plurality of strings mounted at a first end to the tailpiece and at a second end to the plurality of string posts; a processor mounted within the base and configured to receive an audio signal generated by a vibration of the plurality of strings; a plurality of controls mounted to the body, wherein the plurality of controls provide a mechanism for adjusting a sound created from the audio signal, and further wherein the plurality of controls are operably coupled to the processor; an antenna operably coupled to the processor and configured to receive a wireless signal including an effects parameter from the control device; and a computer-readable medium operably coupled to the processor, the computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the electric guitar to determine a control of the plurality of controls associated with the received effects parameter; adjust a state of the determined control based on the received effects parameter; modify the audio signal based on the plurality of controls and on the received effects parameter; and output the modified audio signal through the antenna to the sound receiving/producing device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The sound system of claim 9, wherein the control device and the sound receiving/producing device are the same device.