Patent ID: 6121537
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
A pickup system for use in an electric guitar having an output jack and a set of strings extending over a pick area on a guitar body from a bridge area on the guitar body to a fingerboard neck adjacent to the body, the pickup system comprising:a dual coil bridge flat humbucker pickup disposed between the bridge area and the pick area;a dual coil bridge stacked humbucker pickup disposed between the dual coil bridge flat humbucker pickup and the pick area;a dual coil neck flat humbucker pickup disposed between the pick area and the fingerboard neck;a dual coil neck stacked humbucker pickup disposed between the dual coil neck flat humbucker pickup and the fingerboard neck; and,a tonality select switch for selectively connecting the dual coil bridge and neck flat humbucker pickups with the dual coil bridge and neck stacked humbucker pickups to said output jack in a plurality of desired pickup combinations thereby selecting a plurality of desired tonality signals from said electric guitar.