Patent ID: 9728175
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G10H

Claim:
1. A guitar comprising: a guitar body comprising a front surface, a back surface and an inner sidewall forming an opening extending from the front surface to the back surface of the guitar body, wherein the inner sidewall comprises first electrical contacts electrically connected to a wiring of the guitar, and a seat formed about a periphery of the inner sidewall and protruding inwards within the opening, wherein the seat comprises a seat surface facing the back surface of the guitar body, the seat comprising a plurality of magnets; a pickup cartridge comprising a pickup housing secured to a pickup base plate, wherein a pickup is secured to the pickup cartridge and extending from an opening formed at a top of the pickup housing, second electrical contacts are electrically connected to the pickup and disposed at an outer surface of the pickup housing, and the pickup base plate forms a flange about a periphery, wherein the flange comprises a plurality of magnets, wherein the pickup cartridge is disposed within the opening so that the flange is proximal to the seat surface and the magnets of the seat attract to the magnets of the flange and releasably retain the pickup cartridge within the opening, the second electrical contacts of the pickup cartridge electrically connect with the first electrical contacts of the inner sidewall, the pickup base plate is disposed at the back surface of the guitar body and the pickup is extending from the opening of the guitar body at the front surface of the guitar body.