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Draft Chapter R – 3 Coils With 6 Humbucking Circuits

Posted on August 18, 2023 by admin

Why electric guitar single-coil pickup circuits don’t have to have hum Continue reading →

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New page with U.S. Patents for licensing

Posted on February 16, 2021 by admin

The following U.S. Patents are available for licensing. Click Here for the index page, and click on the links below to reach each patent. They have all been modified upgraded from the standard uspto.gov download to include drawings and properly … Continue reading →

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Eulogy for Adobe PhotoShop 7 ™

Posted on June 22, 2018 by admin

Thanks to Microsoft, most likely, PS7 is getting Alzheimer’s. It no longer remembers to stroke the entire path on command, leaving sections undone. Why? Probably because I used Windows Update on Windows 7. I recently upgraded my connection from a … Continue reading →

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New U.S. Patent filed & background published

Posted on March 10, 2018 by admin

Yesterday, I filed my 3rd Non-Provisional Patent Application, and today published the background theory for it at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323686205_Making_Guitars_with_Multiple_Tonal_Characters   The patent involves matched, single-coil pickups for humbucking circuits with reversible magnetic poles. I have a new area for publications of papers … Continue reading →

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Banning Users

Posted on March 9, 2018 by admin

The majority of new users who sign up turn out to be listed as spammers on CleanTalk.org.  From now on, those new users will not only be deleted, their domains will be banned.  Why do they even bother?

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On the Topologies of Guitar Pickup Circuits

Posted on February 25, 2018 by admin

How do you get 620 potentially unique guitar tones from 4 single-coil pickups, or 310 from 3 humbuckers? Read here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323390784_On_the_Topologies_of_Guitar_Pickup_Circuits Abstract: Many of the U.S. patents involving switching circuits for electric guitar pickups have failed in the marketplace because … Continue reading →

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The Walkin Squawkin Patent Examiner Blues – Part 1

Posted on February 16, 2018 by admin

I got this in an e-mail from my U.S. Patent Office Patent Examiner on Jan 24th, 2018: “I cannot conceive of any way to generate an “infinite” (your word) table that would accommodate the breadth of claim 28. You mentioned … Continue reading →

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ceciliabuckland1473@babau.ml banned

Posted on February 16, 2018 by admin

ceciliabuckland1473@babau.ml reported as spam 37 times, discovered Feb 09, 2018, last activity Feb 16, 2018 11:50:54.

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Banned: adammcduffie6743@uk.nut.cc reported as spam

Posted on February 16, 2018 by admin

adammcduffie6743@uk.nut.cc reported as spam 38 times, discovered Feb 09, 2018, last activity Feb 16, 2018 18:22:04.

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Why guitar pickup switching patents fail in the marketplace

Posted on February 15, 2018 by admin

I’ve reviewed some more guitar pickups switching patents lately, and most if not all of the ones I’ve seen suffer design flaws that generally cause them to fail in the marketplace, for some of the following reasons: They almost never … Continue reading →

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