Dynamically illuminated guitar

Claim 1

A dynamically illuminated guitar, comprising: (a) a guitar; (b) a plurality of lamps, embedded into or mounted on the face of said guitar; (c) an internal microphone, mounted in the interior or on the face of said guitar; (d) a plurality of light-dependent resistors, embedded into or mounted on the face of said guitar; (e) a pulse-forming circuit that produces a train of digital pulses in various formats consisting of: (1) a first format consisting of a series of pulses whose time spacing is proportional to and varied by the electric signals produced by the pitch of the musical and vocal sounds into the internal microphone, (2) a second format consisting of a series of pulses whose time spacing is proportional to and varied by electrical signals produced by the amount of light energy received by the light-dependent resistors, (3) a third format consisting of pulses produced when the sound volume into the interior microphone exceeds an upper threshold, the pulse rate being equivalent to the frequency of the sound signals, (4) a fourth format consisting of a time period of a few seconds when no pulses appear, followed by a brief burst of very high frequency pulses, further followed by a train of pulses similar to the first format, and (5) a fifth format consisting of a time period of a few seconds when no pulses appear, followed by a very brief burst of very high frequency pulses, further followed by a train of pulses similar to the second format; (f) a first two-terminal mercury tilt switch, equivalent to an electrical single-pole, single-throw switch having open and closed positions that are determined by the physical orientation of the switch, for switching between formats of said pulse-forming circuit, the closed position allowing either of the first two formats, and the open position allowing any of the latter three formats; (g) a second two-terminal mercury tilt switch of similar construction as said first mercury tilt switch for switching between the third, fourth and fifth formats, the closed position allowing the third format and the open position allowing either the fourth or fifth formats; (h) a single-pole, double position electromechanical switch for switching between pulse formats of said pulse-forming circuit, the first position allowing the first pulse format to appear if the first mercury tilt switch is in the closed position and the second mercury tilt switch is in the open position, or the first position allowing the fourth pulse format to appear if both said first and second mercury tilt switches are in the open position, the second position allowing the second pulse format to appear if said first mercury tilt switch is in the closed position and said second mercury tilt switch is in the open position, or the second position allowing the fifth pulse format to appear if both said first and second mercury tilt switches are in the open position; (i) a sequential lighting circuit capable of accepting pulses at a forward input port and lighting each of the plurality of said lamps in a fixed sequential order, each pulse causing only one lamp to be lit at a time, said sequential lighting circuit also being capable of accepting pulses at a reverse input port and lighting each of the plurality of said lamps in a fixed sequential order that is the reverse of the sequence produced by pulses at the forward input port; (j) a three-terminal mercury tilt switch equivalent to a single-pole, double position switch whose two positions are determined by the physical orientation of the switch, the first position of the switch allowing pulses from said pulse-forming circuit to be sent to the forward input port of said sequential lighting circuit, the second position of the switch allowing pulses from said pulse-forming circuit to be sent to the reverse input port of said sequential lighting circuit; (k) an electric battery for supplying electrical power to said pulse-forming circuit and said sequential lighting circuit; (l) a single-pole, single-throw electromechanical switch having an open and closed position, the closed position allowing electrical power to be supplied to said pulse-forming circuit and said sequential lighting circuit, the open position preventing the power from being supplied to the circuits; and (m) an electronics and battery compartment mounted in the guitar, for housing said pulse-forming circuit, said sequential lighting circuit, said first and second two-terminal mercury tilt switches, said three-terminal mercury tilt switch, said single-pole, double position electromechanical switch, said single-pole, single-throw electromechanical switch, and said electric battery.