Electric Guitar Quick Exchange Pickup Assembly
OwnerMichael D Todneminventor
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Abstract
An Electric Guitar Quick Exchange Pickup Assembly facilitates a quick exchange of electric guitar pickups. The assembly comprises a chassis body and one or more inserts. The chassis body allows for a rapid and intuitive process for guitarists to effortlessly swap out pickups within seconds by seating the pickup-housed insert into the chassis body without the need for any additional adjustments, ensuring reliable electrical connections and providing a wide range of tonal possibilities. The Electric Guitar Quick Exchange Pickup Assembly may further comprise a pickguard assembly. The chassis body comprises one or more cavities, a wiring harness assembly, and a wiring attachment block.
Claims12
An electric guitar quick exchange pickup assembly that allows pickups to be quickly exchanged in an electric guitar, the pickup assembly comprising:
- (a) a chassis body, the chassis body comprising:
- (i) one or more cavities;
- where each cavity defines:
- (1) a front side panel;
- (2) a back side panel;
- the back side panel comprising an electronic target;
- (3) a left side panel;
- the left side panel comprising a means to slide an insert;
- (4) a right side panel, the left side panel comprising a means to slide an insert;
- (5) a bottom panel;
- (6) where the front side panel lies at an angle Θ (theta) relative to the back side panel,
- (ii) a wiring harness assembly;
- (iii) a wiring attachment block;
- (iv) where the wiring harness assembly operatively connects the electronic targets of each cavity to the wiring attachment block,
- (b) one or more inserts;
- each insert comprising:
- (i) a top piece;
- the top piece comprising:
- (1) a pickup aperture;
- (2) a handle;
- (3) a front side;
- (4) wherein the handle is attached to the front side of the top piece,
- (ii) a bottom piece;
- the bottom piece comprising:
- (1) a front side;
- (2) a back side;
- (3) a left side;
- the left side comprising one or more slide guides;
- (4) a right side;
- the right side comprising one or more slide guides;
- (5) a bottom side;
- the bottom side comprising a front portion and a back portion;
- (6) a plurality of wire connectors and
- (7) a plurality of pin connectors;
- (8) where the plurality of pin connectors is operatively connected to the one or more pairs of wire connectors,
- (9) where the front portion of the bottom side of the bottom piece lies at an angle Ψ (psi) relative to the back portion of the bottom side of the bottom piece,
- (c) where each insert is seated into a corresponding cavity of the chassis body by the corresponding means to slide an insert,
- (d) where the chassis body is inserted into a guitar body cavity within the electric guitar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.