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Programmable pickup director switching system and method of use

  • US 8,796,531 B2
  • Filed: 07/14/2011
  • Issued: 08/05/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A programmable pickup director switching system for a musical instrument comprising:

  • a plurality of pickup coils;

    a pickup director control board communicatively interconnected 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, the bank select switch and the push/pull potentiometer,wherein the push/pull potentiometer is a scalable potentiometer, which is re-configurable to alter a total number of selectable different combinations of the one or more of plurality of pickup coils.

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