Angled humbucking pick-up for an electrical musical instrument of the stringed type

• US 4,463,648 A
• Filed: 05/02/1983
• Issued: 08/07/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/1983
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fender C. Leo
• Original Assignee: Fender C. Leo
• Inventors: Fender, C. Leo
• Primary Examiner(s): Witkowski, Stanley J.
• Application Number:
  US06/490,455
• Time in Patent Office: 463 Days
• Field of Search: 84/1.15, 84/1.16
• US Class Current: 84/728
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 3/182 using two or more pick-up means for each string

Abstract

A pick-up for an electrical musical instrument of the stringed type which provides better separation between the sound from each string in a humbucking pick-up. This is achieved by longitudinally offsetting from each other a pair of pick-up assemblies mounted in a housing and mounting the pick-up on the body of an electrical musical instrument at an obtuse angle relative to the direction of the strings, the angle of mounting of the housing on the body being a direct function of the longitudinal offset whereby each of the pick-up assemblies is centered under the strings.

Claims

1. In an electrical musical instrument of the type including a body, a neck having a head, a bridge assembly connected to said body, a plurality of strings positioned between said head and said bridge assembly, and a pick-up mounted on said body and positioned between said neck and said bridge assembly, said pick-up including first and second pick-up assemblies positioned in parallel, adjacent, side-by-side relationship, each pick-up assembly including at least one pole piece and a coil wound around said pole piece, and a common housing for said first and second pick-up assemblies, the improvement wherein said first and second pick-up assemblies are longitudinally offset from each other within said housing and wherein said pick-up is mounted on said body at an obtuse angle relative to the direction of said strings, the angle of mounting of said housing on said body being a function of said longitudinal offset whereby each of said pick-up assemblies is centered under said strings.

2. In an electrical musical instrument according to claim 1, the improvement wherein each pick-up assembly includes a plurality of pole pieces, one for each of said strings, and wherein said pick-up is mounted on said body so that said pole pieces are aligned with said strings of said instrument.