Patent ID: 9047852
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. An electric guitar sliding pickup system comprising: a plastic pickguard on the surface of the guitar extending from a neck to a bridge of the guitar; a first elongated opening in the plastic pickguard along the entire length of the pickguard with a single guitar pickup therein; a second elongated opening in the plastic pickguard along the entire length of the pickguard and parallel to the first opening in the plastic pickguard with a slider handle protruding through; the slider handle attached to the pickup such that when the handle is moved along the length of the second opening, the pickup is moved below the strings along the first opening from the area above the pick guard to the area below the neck a corresponding distance in the same direction, the handle moved by a player's finger in order to manipulate the pickup's position and change the tone of the guitar while simultaneously playing the guitar.