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New Page: On Changing the Personality of a Guitar – Part 1

A new page discussing how the tonal quality and range of a guitar can be changed by plug-in pickups and a plug-in board connecting the pickups to a tone switch.

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Applying HB Pairs Analysis to the Paul Reed Smith 513 Guitar

Applying Humbucking (HB) Pairs Analysis to the Paul Reed Smith 513 Guitar © 2016 Don Baker dba android originals LC, Tulsa OK The Paul Reed Smith PRS-513 guitar, a beautiful, awesome-sounding guitar, boasts a 3-way and a 5-way switch to … Continue reading

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

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)

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

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

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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The Dark Side of the America Invents Act

© 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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HAWALUYA – all the patent claims are ALLOWED!

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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First Images of Patent Pending 5th Prototype

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Press Release – Publication of First Guitar Patent Application

Press Release -March 1, 2016 from TulsaSoundGuitars.com    @TSGAxe Art You Can Play: Guitars for the Next Generation™  http://tulsasoundguitars.com/news/prototype-patent-news/first-patent-application-published/ http://tulsasoundguitars.com/2015/10/01/guitar-artwork-soundboard-gallery-of-20-images/ Artwork at android-originals.com, simulated on guitars at: theandroidsaxe.com Click here for application on Patent Office web site Print version:  Art You … Continue reading

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