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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| RE43075 | Headblock and fingerboard support A headblock and fingerboard support assembly for a stringed instrument includes a fingerboard support assembly for mounting to a neck and fingerboard of the stringed instrument. The fingerboard support assembly further includes a plate having an integrated rail stru... | 01/10/2012 |
| RE42769 | Guitar body reinforcement A support for a body of a stringed instrument includes a brace structure having a plurality of legs radially disposed about a central body. The brace structure has a substantially flat first surface. A portion of the plurality of legs conforms to a soundhole opening... | 10/04/2011 |
| RE42630 | Guitar body reinforcement A support for a body of a stringed instrument includes a brace structure having a plurality of legs radially disposed about a central body. The brace structure has a substantially flat first surface. A portion of the plurality of legs conforms to a soundhole opening... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7944302 | Method and apparatus for biasing an amplifier An apparatus and method for biasing each amplifier of an amplification stage provides that the voltage across each current sensing element of each amplifier of the amplification stage is measured. For each pair of voltage measurements taken, a sum and difference is ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7804966 | Audio amplifier attachable to speaker system by way of magnetic coupler and method therefor An audio amplifier and speaker system are stacked and magnetically coupled together. The audio amplifier is coupled for receiving an audio signal. A first securing assembly is provided on a bottom surface of the amplifier. The first securing assembly may be a foot f... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7678985 | Standalone electronic module for use with musical instruments An electronic module has an enclosure which is mechanically and electrically compatible with a plurality of receiving devices such as amplifiers, computers, mixer consoles, and musical instruments. The module has a programmable control panel and display on the enclo... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7678978 | Guitar body reinforcement A support for a body of a stringed instrument includes a brace structure having a plurality of legs radially disposed about a central body. The brace structure has a substantially flat first surface. A portion of the plurality of legs conforms to a soundhole opening... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7465859 | Headblock and fingerboard support A headblock and fingerboard support assembly for a stringed instrument includes a fingerboard support assembly for mounting to a neck and fingerboard of the stringed instrument. The fingerboard support assembly further includes a plate having an integrated rail stru... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7439427 | Guitar body reinforcement A support for a body of a stringed instrument includes a brace structure having a plurality of legs radially disposed about a central body. The brace structure has a substantially flat first surface. A portion of the plurality of legs conforms to a soundhole opening... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7326849 | Foot-operated docking station for electronic modules used with musical instruments A modular docking station receives a variety of electronic modules, such as a tuner, effects processor, signal conditioner, signal distributor, and signal converter, for use with a musical instrument, such as a guitar. A base unit has a flat bottom portion and an an... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7227076 | Advanced magnetic circuit to improve both the solenoidal and magnetic functions of string instrument pickups with co-linear coil assemblies An electromagnetic pickup for a stringed musical instrument incorporating a magnetic structure placed between two elongated collinear coils of opposing polarity. The magnetic structure includes a number of ferromagnetic polepieces that extend through the collinear c... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7151210 | Solid body acoustic guitar A guitar body is formed of a generally solid material having a cavity formed therein and substantially lacking a soundboard. A soundboard is formed of a generally planar material attached to the solid material, so as to substantially cover the cavity. ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7105754 | Multi-functional control assembly for use in electric guitars A multi-functional control assembly having a rotary controller with a push-button switches contained therein. The rotary controller has a shaft. A bore is formed through the shaft. A communicator extends through the bore and is configured to communicate information ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6888055 | Guitar neck support rod A support rod has a core and has a composite material covering at least a portion of the core. The support rod is suitable for use in enhancing the rigidity of the neck of a musical instrument, such as a guitar. The support rod is also suitable for use in a wide var... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6870083 | Variable configuration guitar bridge A bridge for a musical instrument has a bridge body and a plurality of saddles disposed substantially upon the bridge body. A least a plurality of saddles are individually adjustable in height, so as to vary the height of a string supported thereby. ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6723908 | Pick guard with electronic control housing and interface for acoustic guitar A musical string instrument (12) has a body (21) with a resonate cavity covered by a soundboard (22). A pick guard (34) has a flat surface for mounting to the soundboard of the instrument. Electronic control components (36) are mou... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6694029 | Unobtrusive removal of periodic noise An input signal is applied to a notch filter having a transfer function that is the inverse of the expected noise signal. The filtered signal is coupled to a first amplifier and the input signal is coupled to a second amplifier. The outputs of the amplifi... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6291758 | Pick-up for electric guitars A pickup has an upper bobbin which is elongated along a longitudinal plane, a lower bobbin which is elongated along the longitudinal plane, permanent magnetic pole pieces situated within holes in the upper and lower bobbins, screws holding said bobbins to... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6291759 | Pickup for electric guitars, and method of transducing the vibrations of guitar strings Guitar pickups are provided herein comprising an upper bobbin, a ferromagnetic steel plate and a lower bobbin, stacked on top of each other, oriented longitudinally and laterally substantially the same, and held together by ferromagnetic screws. An upper ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6222110 | Simulated tone stack for electric guitar A combination of limited data, 3D linear interpolation, and a unique simulation circuit are combined to provide a programmable tone control that can simulate any desired tone stack. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, it has been found that a ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 5965830 | Guitar neck incorporating combination lever and tension-compression adjustment system A guitar neck incorporating a mechanism for adjusting the degree of straightness of the neck's elongated body is provided herein. The mechanism incorporates a lever and tension-compression system to perform the neck adjustment. The lever and tension-compr... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5933507 | Highly portable stereo sound system comprising mixing console-amplifier and speakers A highly portable stereo sound system comprising mixing console-amplifier and speakers. The mixing console-amplifier has spaced-apart front and back sides which have spaced apart upper and lower regions. The first and second speakers are removably mounted... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5913257 | Method of manufacturing guitar strings, and guitar strings resulting from such method A guitar string, in which an end of the string element is threaded into an enlarged end formed of metal, such enlarged end having been forced radially-inwardly all around the string element end so as to very tightly grip it. A method of making a guitar st... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5877447 | Compensation circuit for piezoelectric pickup The signal from a piezo-electric transducer in an electro-acoustic guitar is modified by a variable depth notch filter. The notch filter includes two paths between an input and a summation circuit. The signals in the two paths are 180° out of phase and o... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5864073 | Laminated neck for guitars, and combination thereof with adjustment system An improved neck for a guitar which is comprised of a elongated body, an elongated fingerboard, and an elongated strip. The fingerboard is mounted longitudinally of the body on the upper side of the body. The strip is mounted in the neck longitudinally of... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5727069 | Solid state musical instrument amplifier with vacuum tube signal magnitude limiting A musical instrument amplifier has all solid state amplification stages but incorporates a pair of vacuum tube signal magnitude limiters to provide vacuum tube type sound when the amplifier is operating in a nonlinear condition. The vacuum tubes are conne... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5413019 | Guitar tremolo apparatus An apparatus by which both tremolo action and string clamping and string intonation adjustment are achieved effectively and in a very small space. Adjustment screw shanks are threaded into bores in the inertia bar or block of the tremolo, and bear against... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5396398 | Portable control console An audio mixer console and a power amplifier are mounted in a self contained carrying case that provides both protection for the console and amplifier during transportation and storage and a support during use. A power amplifier is fixedly connected betwe... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5305819 | Guitar, and method of manufacturing guitars A method by which many identical wooden necks for solid-body electric guitars are manufactured, these being of the conventional type wherein the inner neck ends are connected to the solid bodies by screws. Edge regions of the undersides of at least some o... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5125311 | Guitar, and method of manufacturing guitars A set-neck guitar in which the inner neck end has a tongue that seats in and is glued in a pocket in the body and in a protuberance on the body. Corresponding sidewalls of the tongue and pocket are parallel to the center line of the body, while other side... | 06/30/1992 |
