Apparatus for enhancing output of a stringed musical instrument
First Claim
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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Abstract
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 tapered poles so as to incrementally vary the relative volume of adjacent strings.
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34 Claims
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An apparatus for enhancing the output of a stringed musical instrument having a plurality of offset substantially parallel strings and at least one pickup assembly comprising at least one set of tapered poles and at least one set of non-tapered poles, the non-tapered poles configured so as to produce substantially the same volume from the plurality of strings and the tapered poles configured so as to incrementally vary the relative volume of a subset of the plurality of strings in a descending array, at least one of the sets of tapered and non-tapered poles being positioned within a curved full coil so as to increase the overall effective coil length thereof.
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34. An apparatus for enhancing the output of a stringed musical instrument having a plurality of offset substantially parallel strings, the apparatus comprising:
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a first pickup assembly comprising a first full coil having first non-tapered poles associated with each of the plurality of strings and a first partial coil having first tapered poles associated with each of a first subset of the plurality of strings, the first subset being fewer than the plurality of strings but at least two strings; and a second pickup assembly comprising a second full coil having second non-tapered poles associated with each of the plurality of strings and a second partial coil having second tapered poles associated with each of a second subset of the plurality of strings, the second subset being fewer than the plurality of strings but at least two strings, wherein the first and second subsets of the plurality of strings are different, and further wherein; the first and second non-tapered poles of the respective first and second full coils are configured so as to produce substantially the same volume from adjacent strings of the plurality of strings; and the first and second tapered poles of the respective first and second partial coils are configured so as to incrementally vary the relative volume of adjacent strings as by each of the tapered poles being configured relative to the respective first and second subsets of the plurality of strings in a descending array toward center strings of the plurality of strings.
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Specification