US 6,441,294 B1Granted

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OwnerJohn Seliinventor

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Abstract

The instant device provides a method for enhancing the sound of any acoustic/electric guitar and other musical instrument by electronically oscillating and manipulating the sound emitted by the guitar or other instrument. The prior art utilizes a manually activated processor that when used, in conjunction with a guitar and sound amplifying device, is capable of creating a broad range of sounds. The processor has customarily been located upon the floor and is activated by a foot pedal. This presented method replaces the prior art pedal processors and the need to be physically in proximity to the processor to activate the pedal and the processor. It accomplishes this by providing electronic means integral with a guitar strap whereby upward and downward movements of the guitar neck or guitar body activate the electronic means creating variable electronic signals to an amplifier or other amplifying device enabling a wide range of distorted sounds to be emitted from the guitar.

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Dependent claims

A device placed integral with a guitar strap which is capable of modulating the sound emitted by an electronic guitar by transmitting variable electrical signals through a sound processor conducive to modulation of sounds through variable current and comprising:

a. A jacket placed on either the body or guitar neck side of the guitar strap, said jacket containing a mounting plate attached to the guitar strap and biased in its starting position by a spring;
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b. A variable resistor with lead wires to the sound processor, the variable resistor attached to the guitar strap by means of a mounting bracket;
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c. A resistor stem traversing through the mounting bracket with a gear attached at the end of the resistor stem, said gear in contact with a gear drive means mounted upon the mounting plate intended to rotate the resistor stem;
and
d. A slideable connector attached to the guitar strap and further attached to the mounting plate at the end opposite the spring whereby movement of a guitar neck or body in an upward or downward motion results in the travelling of the gear upon the gear drive means with corresponding rotation of the resistor stem thereby activating the variable resistor thereby causing sound modulation through the sound processor.

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