Electric stringed instrument
AssigneeYamaha Corporation
InventorOsamu Ito
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Abstract
A display device that displays a selected pickup is provided in a volume control that adjusts the volume of a performance. The display device is formed by a light guiding body, and by two types of LED that emit light in different colors, for example, a green LED and a blue LED, and are packaged on a printed circuit board. The green LED is turned on when the front pickup on the neck side is selected, so that a display portion on the light guiding body is displayed in green. In contrast, the blue LED is turned on when the rear pickup on the bridge side is selected, so that the display portion is displayed in blue. When both pickups are selected, both LED are turned on so that the display portion is displayed in both green and blue or in a combination of these colors (i.e., in cyan).
Claims4
An electric stringed instrument comprising:
- a plurality of pickup devices which detect vibrations from respective strings and convert the vibrations into electric signals;
- and
- a display device which includes a plurality of light sources each emitting a different color light associated with each of said plurality of pickup devices to display a selection state of said plurality of pickup devices;
- and wherein
- said light sources are LEDs;
- said display device further includes a light guiding body that has a display portion provided on a perimeter of an operating part, the light from said LED being guided to said display portion;
- and
- said operating part is at least one of a pickup device selecting control, a volume adjusting control, and a tone adjusting control.
An electric stringed instrument comprising:
- a plurality of pickup devices which detect vibrations from respective strings and convert the vibrations into electric signals;
- and
- a display device which includes a color liquid crystal panel displaying a different display color associated with each of said pickup devices to display a selection state of said pickup devices;
- and wherein
- said color liquid crystal panel is provided on said pickup device and displays a different color.
An electric stringed instrument comprising:
- a plurality of pickup devices which detect vibrations from respective strings and convert the vibrations into electrical signals;
- and
- a display device which includes a color liquid crystal panel displaying a different display color associated with each of said pickup devices to display a selection state of said pickup devices;
- and wherein
- said color liquid crystal panel is provided on the perimeter of an operating part;
- and
- the operating part is at least one of a pickup device selecting control, a volume adjusting control, and a tone adjusting control.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.