Patent ID: 8704075

Claim:
A guitar pickup assembly comprising: a guitar having at least a first pickup and a second pickup, the first pickup having a signal output and the second pickup having a signal output; a blending switch having a first input coupled to the signal output of the first pickup, a second input coupled to the signal output of the second pickup, a first signal output A and a first signal output B selectively couplable to the first input and a second signal output A and a second signal output B selectively couplable to the second input, wherein the output signals are configured so that the first signal output A and the second signal output A are selected as a pair and the first signal output B and the second signal output B are selected as a pair, so that the output A or the output B is selected as a pair; a pickup toggle having a first input and a second input and an output, the first input coupled to the first signal output B and the second input coupled to the second signal output B, and the output coupled to one of the first signal output A and the second signal output A, the pickup toggle being configured to selectively couple any one of the first input to the output, the second input to the output or the first input and the second input to the output; and a pedal assembly having a blending member and an actuator, the blending member including a first signal input and a second signal input and a signal output, the first signal input coupled to the first signal output A and the second signal output coupled to the second signal output A, the blending member configured to vary the ratio of the first signal to the second signal and to provide that ratio to the signal output thereof, the actuator comprising a pedal member configured to selectively alter the ratio of the blending member.