Patent ID: 6253654
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
An electric stringed musical instrument, for example, an electric guitar having:a body with a rectangular and longitudinal cutout extending completely through the thickness, of said body under the strings of said instrument body, where said cutout is positioned between a neck and a bridge for receiving said pickup assembly, said cutout spanning from the end of said neck where said neck joins said body, to said bridge mounted on said body, and having an electrical connector, being fixed in a portion of said cutout; and having a set of pins directly wired to a set of electronic components for sound manipulation; and said components being permanently fixed in a control cavity in said body; and a pickup assembly comprised of a pickup assembly chassis dimensioned to fit in said cutout composed of a baseplate, a base. a faceplate onto which pickups are mounted, where said faceplate's distance from said base and said instrument strings are adjustably maintained with screws, springs and spacers, and, said chassis containing one or more, pickups, and a pickup assembly connector which mate with said connector in said cutout when said pickup assembly is inserted into said cutout in said body.