Stringed instrument with embedded DSP modeling

A guitar with embedded digital signal processing (DSP) modeling capabilities, the guitar having a body and at least one string, the guitar comprising:

• a bridge pickup located at a bridge of the stringed instrument to which a string is coupled, the bridle pickup to detect a vibration signal of the string;
• an analog to digital converter to convert the detected vibration signal of the string into a digital string vibration signal;
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• a digital signal processor located within the body of the guitar to process the digital string vibration signal to emulate a corresponding string tone of one of a plurality of guitars to create an emulated digital tone signal wherein the emulation of the corresponding string tone for an emulated guitar includes emulating a location of an electromagnetic pickup away from a bridge of the emulated stringed instrument.

A method of emulating a plurality of different stringed instruments with a stringed instrument having embedded digital signal processing (DSP) modeling capabilities, the method comprising:

• detecting a vibration signal of at least one string at a bridge pickup located at a bridge of the stringed instrument;
• converting the detected vibration signal of the string into a digital string vibration signal;
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• processing the digital string vibration signal within the stringed instrument to emulate a corresponding string tone of one of a plurality of stringed instruments to create an emulated digital tone signal wherein the emulation of the corresponding string tone for an emulated stringed instrument includes emulating a location of an electromagnetic pickup away from a bridge of the emulated stringed instrument.

A processor-readable medium having stored thereon instructions, which when executed by a processor in a stringed instrument having embedded digital signal processing (DSP) modeling capabilities, cause the processor to perform the following operations:

• detecting a vibration signal of at least one string at a bridge pickup located at a bridge of the stringed instrument;
• converting the detected vibration signal of the string into a digital string vibration signal;
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• processing the digital string vibration signal within the stringed instrument to emulate a corresponding string tone of one of a plurality of stringed instruments to create an emulated digital tone signal wherein the emulation of the corresponding string tone for an emulated stringed instrument includes emulating a location of an electromagnetic pickup away from a bridge of the emulated stringed instrument.