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Apparatus for enhancing output of a stringed musical instrument

  • US 9,704,464 B1
  • Filed: 03/24/2016
  • Issued: 07/11/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for enhancing the output of a stringed musical instrument having a plurality of offset substantially parallel strings, the apparatus comprising a pickup assembly having at least one set of tapered poles so as to incrementally vary the relative volume of adjacent strings as by the tapered poles being configured relative to associated strings of the plurality of strings in a descending array toward center strings of the plurality of strings, the pickup assembly further having at least one set of non-tapered poles configured so as to produce substantially the same volume from adjacent strings, wherein:

  • at least one of the tapered and non-tapered sets of poles is a full set having a pole associated with each of the plurality of strings; and

    at least one of the tapered and non-tapered sets of poles is a partial set having a pole associated with each of a subset of the plurality of strings, the subset being fewer than the plurality of strings but at least two strings.

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