Electric guitar pickguard assembly
OwnerRenato Giordano, Alex Perelman +1inventors
InventorsRenato Giordano, Alex Perelman, Larry Santellan
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Abstract
An improved electric guitar and pickguard assembly are provided. The pickguard assembly includes a traditionally shaped deck plate for mounting to the body of an electric guitar. The deck plate is constructed at least partially, or entirely, of a multi-layered printed circuit board for providing electrical pathways for communicating power and signals between electrical components mounted to the deck plate. Preferably, the deck plate's printed circuit board includes an integrated wireless transmitter and an integrated synthesizer which eliminates the need for a phantom pickup.
Claims9
A stringed instrument pickguard assembly comprising:
- a deck plate constructed for mounting controls and one or more pickups and for attachment to the body of a stringed instrument;
- one or more pickups mounted on said deck plate;
- processing controls for controlling the audio produced by the stringed instrument;
- a multi-layer printed circuit board forming at least a portion of said deck plate, said printed circuit board including a plurality of electrically conductive layers connecting said attached pickups to said controls.
A deck plate for a stringed instrument comprising:
- a multi-layered printed circuit board provided in the form of a deck plate for attachment to a stringed instrument, said printed circuit board including opening for attaching pickups, and electrical connections for connecting to processing controls for a controlling audio said printed circuit board further including plurality of conductive layers for connecting processing controls to said pickups.
A stringed instrument pickguard assembly comprising:
- a deck plate constructed for one or more pickups and for attachment to the body of a stringed instrument;
- one or more pickups mounted on said deck plate;
- an output for producing a signal representative of the acoustic response of a stringed instrument;
- a multi-layered printed circuit board forming at least a portion of said deck plate, said printed circuit board including a plurality of electrical conductive layers for connecting said attached pickups to said output.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.