ON-BOARD ELECTRIC GUITAR TUNER

• US 20070006716A1
• Filed: 07/07/2006
• Published: 01/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ruaridh Mackinnon, Ryan Salmond
• Original Assignee: Ruaridh Mackinnon, Ryan Salmond
• Inventors: Mackinnon, Ruaridh, Salmond, Ryan
• Application Number:
  US11/456,109
• Publication Number:
  US 20070006716A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 84/600
• CPC Class Codes: G10G 7/02 Tuning forks or like devices
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0008 Associated control or indicating means
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/34 Switch arrangements, e.g. keyboards or mechanical switches specially adapted for electrophonic musical instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/44 Tuning means
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/066 for pitch analysis as part of wider processing for musical purposes, e.g. transcription, musical performance evaluation; Pitch recognition, e.g. in polyphonic sounds; Estimation or use of missing fundamental
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/066 Colour, i.e. indications with two or more different colours
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2250/031 Spectrum envelope processing

Abstract

A guitar tuner imbedded into an electric guitar, with the display hidden underneath a control knob. The display, a clear plastic cylinder containing a single character LCD and a tri-color LED, is revealed, and the activated, when said knob is pulled outwards from the guitar.

Claims

1. In an electric guitar, a tuner with display located underneath, in, or on any control knob.

2. In an instrument tuner'"'"'s display, lights of different colours used to represent sharp, in tune, or flat, in changing intensities relative to the measured signal'"'"'s proximity to the desired note.