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US 5,311,806 AGranted
Guitar pickup system for selecting from multiple tonalities
AssigneeGibson Guitar Corp.
InventorJohn T. Riboloff
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Abstract
A switching system for an electric guitar using bridge and fingerboard humbucker pickups and an intermediate pickup provides for ready selection of distinct groups of Gibson tonalities and Fender tonalities. A four pole, five position switch for tone selection provides one-of-ten tonality selection in conjunction with a dual pole, double throw switch.
Claims3
A guitar pickup system, comprising:
- a dual coil bridge humbucker pickup;
- an intermediate pickup;
- a dual coil fingerboard humbucker pickup;
- first switch means for selecting a desired pickup configuration and thereby selecting a desired tonality signal, said first switch means including a four pole, five position switch connected to said bridge humbucker pickup, said intermediate pickup and said fingerboard humbucker pickup so that any of a first set of five tonality signals is selected through first and second poles of said first switch means and so that any of a second set of five tonality signals is selected through third and fourth poles of said first switch means;
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- second switch means for connecting to an output of said second switch means either the tonality signal selected through said first and second poles of said first switch means or the tonality signal selected through said third and fourth poles of said first switch means.
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