Category Archives: News

Applying HB Pairs Analysis to the Music-Man St. Vincent Guitar

Posted on July 3, 2016 by admin

Applying Humbucking (HB) Pairs Analysis to the Music-Man St. Vincent Guitar © 2016 Don Baker dba android originals LC, Tulsa OK The Music-Man St. Vincent guitar uses a five-way switch to chose among three mini-humbuckers, positioned at the neck, middle … Continue reading →

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Addendum to An All-Humbucking 5-Way Superswitch Circuit (Tutorials page)

Posted on June 30, 2016 by admin

Addendum 2016-06-30: Actually the odd coil out can be put in any position, not just the middle.  But then you will have to rework the wiring and soldering diagrams.  Consider putting it at the neck.  Then the (N+B) pair is … Continue reading →

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Paul Reed Smith Guitars 513 ™ model pickup switching – General principles of humbucking pairs

Posted on June 29, 2016 by admin

If you go to the PRS Guitars web site and look at the video for the 513 model (five pickups, 13 different sounds) you will see and hear a beautiful guitar that sounds awesome.  It uses two dual-coil humbuckers at … Continue reading →

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Provisional Patent Application filed on humbucking switch system

Posted on June 29, 2016 by admin

On June 27th, shortly after posting about the alleged Fender Marauder ™ hum problem, I figured out just how to solve it with two commonly available switches, in a way that can produce all 12 possible humbucking combinations of pairs … Continue reading →

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Electronic Freedom for who?

Posted on June 29, 2016 by admin

One of the posters on /r/guitar/, a gentleman (a real one) who advocates for Electronic Freedom (EFF) and Open Source (FOSS), noted that an entire geek faction believes that all software should be free of any copyright or patent protection.  … Continue reading →

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Banned from posting reddit.com/r/guitar/

Posted on June 26, 2016 by admin

Somehow I thought it might be a good idea to become more involved in social media discussions, like those on reddit.com/r/guitar/   About the last half-dozen of my posts were tagged by the “AutoModerator”, stating that I was trying to post … Continue reading →

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User/Subscriber Benefits?

Posted on June 25, 2016 by admin

As of this writing, 32 other people have signed up as users on this site, who are real people, not known as spambots (which will be deleted with prejudice).  At this point, the only benefits to signing up as a … Continue reading →

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The Dark Side of the America Invents Act

Posted on June 24, 2016 by admin

© 2016 Don Baker dba android originals LC I have to give the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office thanks, credit and high marks for helping me to write and file my patent, currently pending as US 2016/0027422 A1, “Acoustic-electric stringed … Continue reading →

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Is a Stereo Guitar Worthwhile?

Posted on June 23, 2016 by admin

For the next week or so, @TSGAxe will have a poll going, asking if a stereo guitar is worthwhile: Yes, I would buy one No, mono is best for me Anyone who wishes to sign in and reply here is … Continue reading →

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HAWALUYA – all the patent claims are ALLOWED!

Posted on June 9, 2016 by admin

In a NOTICE OF ALLOWANCE AND FEE(S) DUE, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office notified me that claims 21-42 of the Non-Provisional Patent Application (utility) 14/338,373, filed 07/23/2014, are allowed.  See also application US 2016/0027422 A1.  The check for the … Continue reading →

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