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 of the four single-coil pickups.\u00a0 Assuming those pickups are matched.\u00a0 I spent all day on the 28th, writing up a technical document and filed it that evening with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as a Provisional Patent Application (PPA).\u00a0 The switches can be wired to produce the combinations in any order, including from warmest tones to brightest.<\/p>\n
I shall not hold my breath waiting for Fender to call.\u00a0 For one thing, my phone number does not appear on this site.\u00a0 Second, an 8000-pound gorilla does not call little people.\u00a0 From what I’ve heard from a recent attendee to its music store dealer boot camp, it even talks down to them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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