Electric guitar incorporating improved electromagnetic pickup assembly, and improved circuit means

Claim 1

A GUITAR, WHICH COMPRISES: A BODY HAVING A FACE, A NECK CONNECTED TO SAID BODY AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM, SIX MAGNETIZABLE AND GENERALLY-PARALLEL GUITAR STRINGS EXTENDING OVER SAID NECK AND OVER SAID FACE, SAID STRINGS LYING GENERALLY IN A SINGLE PLANE PARALLEL TO SAID FACE, MEANS TO CONNECT THE ENDS OF SAID STRINGS TO SAID BODY AND TO THE END OF SAID NECK REMOTE FROM SAID BODY, A PLURALITY OF ELECTROMAGNETIC PICKUP COMPONENTS MOUNTED ON SAID BODY IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID STRINGS WHEREBY TO SENSE THE DIFFERENT HARMONICS GENERATED AT DIFFERENT LONGITUDINAL POINTS ALONG SAID STRINGS, AND SWITCHING AND CIRCUIT MEANS TO CONNECT ALL OF SAID PICKUP COMPONENTS TO AN AMPLIFIER AND LOUDSPEAKER MEANS, SAID SWITCHING AND CIRCUIT MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO SELECTIVELY REVERSE THE PHASES OF SAID COMPONENTS RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER, SAID SWITCHING CIRCUIT MEANS ALSO BEING ADAPTED TO DISCONNECTED SELECTED ONES OF SAID PICKUP COMPONENTS FROM SAID AMPLIFIER AND LOUDSPEAKER MEANS, SAID SWITCHING AND CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTING SAID PICKUP COMPONENTS IN PARALLEL-CIRCUIT RELATIONSHIP WHEREBY TO PERMIT ACHIEVEMENT OF NOVEL SOUND EFFECTS IN A SIMPLE MANNER AND WITHOUT AFFECTING EXCESSIVELY THE VOLUME OF THE SIGNAL SUPPLIED TO SAID AMPLIFIER AND LOUDSPEAKER MEANS.