US3911777A - Electric guitar with slidable pickup beneath strings - Google Patents

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US3911777A
US3911777A US495558A US49555874A US3911777A US 3911777 A US3911777 A US 3911777A US 495558 A US495558 A US 495558A US 49555874 A US49555874 A US 49555874A US 3911777 A US3911777 A US 3911777A
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Stanley E Rendell
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    • G10H3/00—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means
    • G10H3/12—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument
    • G10H3/14—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument using mechanically actuated vibrators with pick-up means
    • G10H3/18—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument using mechanically actuated vibrators with pick-up means using a string, e.g. electric guitar
    • G10H3/183—Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussive instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent instrument using mechanically actuated vibrators with pick-up means using a string, e.g. electric guitar in which the position of the pick-up means is adjustable

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  • An electric guitar includes an electric p [58] Field of Search 84/104, 111343-1126, poned by a Slide member beneath the strings the Slide 84/267 4 member being guided from within the guitar for movement in a plane substantially parallel to that of the [56] References C'ted strings so that the pickup location and hence the to- UNITED TA PATENTS nality can be altered during playing thereof.
  • a .further object of the present invention is to provide means for movably mounting anelectric pickup which is devoidofsupport structure which, if present, would adversely affect the aesthetic appearance of the device.
  • FIG. 1 is a front'elevational view of a guitar, in slight perspective, and partly broken away, provided in accordance with the invention
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary cross sectional view takerrsubstantially along the line 11-" of FIG. I;
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view taken along line III- III of FIG. 1.
  • an electric guitar generally indicated by the numeral which includes a body 11 to which is attached a neck 12 which support a set of strings 13.
  • the guitar 10 illustrated is of the solid body type and the shape of the body disclosed is known in the art.
  • the term guitar as used herein refers to alltypes of solid or hollow body guitars including bass guitars, and whether a guitar has four, six or twelve strings is immaterial for purposes of this invention.
  • the body 11 has a cavity 14 disposed at the upper surface 15 of the body 11, the cavity 14 having a further cutout portion 16 best seen in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3.
  • the cavity 14 and cutout portion 16 are to some extent covered by some type of means, the means here ity 17 and is secured to the body and is apertured 'as' shown at 1'8 to providean aperture which extends along the length of the strings 13.
  • the portion of the pick guard 17 that overlies thecavityv I4 defines with the body 11 a pair of U-shaped tracks 19,20 shown in FIG. 3 within which there is disposed a slide member 21 which in this embodiment is generally rectangular and is'of a length shorter than the cavity 14 so as to be movable along thedirection of the length of the strings within the cavity 14; the slide member 21 is longer than the length of the cutout portion 16.
  • the length of the cutout portion 16 along the length of the strings 13 is substantially equal to the length of the aperture 18in the same direction.
  • the cavity 14 receives and supports the slide member 21 which is trapped therein by the overlying portion of the pick guard 1' 7 so ,as to be movable in a plane substantially parallel tothat of the strings.
  • the slide member 21 is apertured and it receives and supports an electric pickup 22 of conventional construction.
  • the pickup includes a mounting plate 23, and a number, of screws 24 extend through the slide member 21 into threaded openings in the mounting plate 23, the slide member 21 and the mounting plate23 being held apart by a numberof springs 25.
  • the pickup 22 thus projects through the slide member 21 toward the strings and also projects through the slide member 21 in a direction away from the strings, while the screws 24 enable adjustment of pickup-position and parallelism with respect to the strings 13.
  • the slide member 21 is provided with a selected number of ribs 26-28. As the ribs 26-28 extend along the length of the slide member 21, they serve to stiffen thesame, particularly-at the pickup 2 2. In that the ribs project upwardly toward the pick guard 17, the ribs also protect the exposed or outer surface of the slide member 21 against becoming scratched as a consequence of the sliding movement.
  • the musician can also grasp the projecting corners of the pickup 22 and slide the same to a selected position.
  • the pickup 22 is in a central position, but the same can be moved toward the neck 12 or away from the neck 12 by an amount limited by the dimensions of the components to provide a means for selecting the point on the string which will be sensed electrically. Since strings vibrate with many harmonics, changing the position of the pickup 22 alters the harmonic content and hence the tonality or voicing of the guitar output, a feature which is musically desirable for variety.
  • This construction also has certain economic advantages. Heretofore, it has been customary to utilize two separate pickups to provide the musician with such a choice, but with this arrangement, only one pickup is needed. Further, it has been common heretofore to provide two control knobs 29,29a for each pickup, namely a volume control and a tone control, and therefore by this arrangement, instead of having four knobs for a two-pickup guitar, only two knnobs 29,290 need to be provided, thereby eliminating not only the associated structure and wiring but also eliminating complexity in playing because when the pickup 22 is moved, it normally may not be necessary to reset either of the knobs 29,29a. With a two-pickup guitar, it is necessary when changing from one pickup to the other in a conventional arrangement to turn one volume control to and the other to a desired level and vice versa whereas here the change can be smoothly made, even while the strings are still vibrating.
  • An electric guitar having strings comprising:
  • a body having a cavity with a cutout portion therein over which the strings extend;
  • An electric guitar according to claim 1 in which said pickup extends through a single aperture in said slide member toward the strings.
  • An electric guitar according to claim 1 including means secured to said body in overlying relation to said cavity, and jointly with said body defining a pair of confronting U-shaped tracks receiving and guiding opposite sides of said slide member.
  • An electric guitar having strings comprising:
  • trapping means including a pick guard on said body in underlying relation to said strings, said pick guard having an apertured portion disposed directly beneath and extending along the length of said strings;
  • a slide member having an electrical pickup secured thereto, and disposed beneath and engageable with said pick guard, said pickup extending into said apertured portion of said pick guard, said slide member with said pickup being selectably movable in a direction parallel to said strings.
  • An electric guitar according to claim 10 including means movably mounting said pickup on said slide member for adjustment of the entire pickup toward and away from said strings.

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US20150000508A1 (en) * 2013-07-01 2015-01-01 Michael John Canavan Pole Position Sliding Pickup System
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US9595245B2 (en) 2015-04-28 2017-03-14 Geoffrey Lee McCabe Locking bearing mechanisms for fulcrum tremolo
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