Control system with memory for electric guitars
US4817486A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 31, 1986 |
| Grant date | Apr 4, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 31, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10H3/186
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A system for the selection and recall of individual phase, pickup selection, tone, overdrive and volume control for each of a plurality of pickup coils in electric guitars. These various controls for the humbucking pickup coils in the guitar are initially set by either rotary or toggle switches to achieve a particular combination of switch settings. Additional controls then allow the musician to write the states of these various controls into digital memory contained within the guitar. Several such combinations may be memorized and then recalled at a later time by actuation of a memory address selection switch which then reads the contents of the memory for a particular combination of settings and internally causes the various controls to reset themselves to this particular combination of settings.
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