US Patent Issued on Dec. 9 for "Systems and methods for onboard, real-time pickup blending for electric guitars and basses" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,188, issued on Dec. 9.

"Systems and methods for onboard, real-time pickup blending for electric guitars and basses" was invented by Mark Ellis (Cypress, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a kit can be used for onboard, real-time blending for electronic pickups to produce various tonal combinations. In one example, at least one of the electronic pickups has dual coils. The dual coil pickup can be electrically connected to a switching circuit positioned on a stringed instrument. The switching circuit can be adjustable in real-time to select between at least two conditions for a signal of the dual coil pickup. In one insta...