Patent ID: 9165545
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. A pickup configured for engagement to a body of an instrument having metal strings, to an as-used position proximate to said strings, comprising: a coil structure comprising a plurality of loops of a wire, said loops defining a conducting pathway extending from a first end of said wire to a second end of said wire; said coil structure defining a recess surrounded by said plurality of loops of wire, a portion or all of a magnetic member positioned within the recess; said magnetic member configured to project a magnetic field sufficient to magnetize the strings of said; an electrical current in said coil wire induced by a movement of at least one of said strings, generating first electrical signal from said first end of said wire, and a second electric signal from said second end of said wire; an electrical connection configured to communicate said first electrical signal and said second electrical signal to an electronic component for amplification or electronic mixing; said first electronic signal in an electrical engagement with a first conductor of said electrical connection; said second electronic signal in an electrical engagement with a second conductor of said electrical connection; at least one tap wire having a first end electrically connected to said conducting pathway at a tap point at one of said plurality of windings, said tap point located between said first end and said second end of said coil wire; said electrical current in said coil wire induced by said movement of said strings within said magnetic field, generating a communication of an additional electronic signal from said coil wire at said tap point, to a second end of said tap wire; and a switch, said switch being in electrical communication with said first conductor and said second conductor and said second end of said tap wire,said switch being operable to electrically connect said second end of said tap wire with either of said first conductor or said second conductor for communicating said additional electronic signal to one of, said first conductor of said electrical connection, or said second conductor of said electrical connection.