Tag Archives: unique tones

Coming Patents for 2018-2019

From simple principles of circuit theory, a patent currently in examination (a Non-Provisional Patent Application, or NPPA) develops and enumerates all possible combinations of pickup circuits, from 1 to infinity, which have potentially unique tones. It claims all such circuits … Continue reading

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How many humbucking tones from 2HB & a single?

It has taken a long time to develop the math and topologies to answer questions like this.  Research is when you search for an answer, get it wrong, or not entirely right, and re-search and re-search and re-search …    I’ve … Continue reading

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Second Patent Filed

Second Patent Filed: Combinations of Pickups with Potentially Unique Tones – Patent filed June 7, 2017 developing the math and circuit topologies to show how many different tones are possible from 1 to 8 single-coil pickups (Table 1), 1 to … Continue reading

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New Page: On Changing the Personality of a Guitar – Part 2

Click Here. Shows that for K number of matched single-coil pickups, the total number of possible in-phase pairs is K*(K-1)/2, and the total number of possible contra-phase pairs is K*(K-1)/2.  The ultimate number of unique humbucking pairs for K is … Continue reading

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