Stringed instrument with tonal control

US20050076775A1

a string instrument and tonal control technology, applied in the field of stringed instruments, can solve the problem of limited selection variation of tonal output in prior string instruments

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Publication Date: 2005-04-14FIRST ACT

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Authority / Receiving Office: US · United States
Patent Type: Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner: FIRST ACT
Publication Date: 2005-04-14
Estimated Expiration: Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A stringed instrument including a body having a top surface defining a picking area; a bridge supported by the top surface at one end of the picking area; a neck extending from the body at an opposite end of the picking area; and a plurality of strings extending in substantially parallel paths over the picking area. Each pickup is disposed under a different associated one of the strings and a support mechanism mounted on the top surface and adapted to accommodate movement of each pickup in a path within the picking area and parallel to its associated string.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The invention relates generally to stringed instruments and, more particularly, to stringed instruments providing variable tone adjustments.

[0002] Traditional stringed instruments such as guitars employ pickup devices to generate signals having frequencies dependent on tones produced by picking action of strings in a picking area. Those signals then are fed to amplifiers and speakers to provide audio outputs replicating the picked sound. Typically, a desired tonal output is provided by positioning of the pickup device under the strings of the guitar. However, selective variation of tonal output in prior string instruments is quite limited.

[0003] The object of this invention, therefor, is to provide a stringed instrument which allows extensive selective variations in tonal audio output. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0004] The invention is a stringed instrument including a body having a top surface defining a picking area; a bridge supported by the top...

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