Electric guitar incorporating pickup means adapted to minimize beating effects

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT OF THE GUITAR CLASS, WHICH COMPRISES A BODY, A PLURALITY OF STRINGS MOUNTED OVER SAID BODY IN TENSIONED RELATIONSHIP, SAID STRINGS BEING SPACED AND GENERALLY PARALLEL RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER, SAID STRINGS LYING GENERALLY IN A COMMON PLANE, FIRST PICKUP MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED ONLY WITH CERTAIN OF SAID STRINGS TO SENSE THE VIBRATIONS THEREOF AND CONVERT THE SAME INTO ELECTRICAL SIGNALS, SECOND PICKUP MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED ONLY WITH OTHER OF SAID STRINGS TO SENSE THE VIBRATIONS THEREOF AND CONVERT THE SAME INTO ELECTRICAL SIGNALS, A FIRST AMPLIFIER AND LOUDSPEAKER MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID FIRST PICKUP MEANS, AND A SECOND AMPLIFIER AND LOUDSPEAKER MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SECOND PICKUP MEANS, SAID CERTAIN OF SAID STRINGS INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO STRINGS SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER BY AT LEAST ONE OF SAID OTHER OF SAID STRINGS, SAID OTHER OF SAID STRINGS INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO STRINGS SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER BY AT LEAST ONE OF SAID CERTAIN OF SAID STRINGS.