Programmable pickup director switching system and method of use

A programmable pickup director switching system for a musical instrument comprising a plurality of pickup coils, the switching system comprising:

• a pickup director control board structured and arranged for communicative interconnection to the plurality of pickup coils;
• a push/pull potentiometer structured and arranged to activate different combinations of one or more of the plurality of pickup coils;
• a main multi-position switch having m positions;
• a bank select switch having n positions;
• and
• a switching matrix configured to switch one or more of the plurality of pickup coils into a signal path based on a position of at least one of the main multi-position switch and the bank select switch or a position of the push/pull potentiometer,
• wherein the push/pull potentiometer is a scalable potentiometer, which is reconfigurable to alter a total number of selectable different combinations of the one or more of plurality of pickup coils.

A method of using a programmable pickup director switching system for a musical instrument having a plurality of pickup coils, the method comprising:

• moving a push/pull potentiometer axially from a second position to a first position to active a pickup configuration selection mode of the switching system;
• rotating the push/pull potentiometer to activate a selected pickup configuration amongst a plurality of different pickup configurations comprising selections or combinations of one or more of the plurality of pickup coils;
• and
• moving the push/pull potentiometer axially from the first position to the second position to active a pickup configuration storing mode of the switching system, wherein the selected pickup configuration is stored in a particular memory bank location of a memory device, wherein the push/pull potentiometer is a scalable potentiometer, which is reconfigurable to alter a total number of selectable different combinations of the one or more of the plurality of pickup coils.

A programmable pickup director switching system, comprising:

• a plurality of pickup coils;
• a pickup director control board communicatively interconnected to the plurality of pickup coils;
• a re-configurable or scalable actuator structured and arranged to activate different configurations of one or more of the plurality of pickup coils;
• a main multi-position switch having m positions;
• a bank select switch having n positions;
• and
• a switching device configured to switch one or more of the plurality of pickup coils into a signal path based on a position of at least one of the main multi-position switch, the bank select switch and the actuator, wherein the re-configurable or scalable actuator is re-configurable to alter a total number of selectable different configurations of the one or more of the plurality of pickup coils.

A method of using a programmable pickup director switching system for a musical instrument having a plurality of pickup coils, the method comprising:

• activating a pickup configuration selection mode of the switching system;
• activating a selected pickup configuration amongst a plurality of different pickup configurations comprising selections or combinations of one or more of the plurality of pickup coils using a re-configurable or scalable actuator;
• and
• activating a pickup configuration storing mode of the switching system, wherein the selected pickup configuration is stored in a particular memory bank location of a memory device wherein the re-configurable or scalable actuator is re-configurable to alter a total number of selectable different configurations of the one or more of the plurality of pickup coils.