Abstract
The invention relates to a pickup system for an electrically-amplifiable stringed instrument, comprising a carrier element for a pickup magnet of an electromagnetic pickup, wherein said carrier element is L-shaped and can be connected to a bracket, the bracket supports a coil with a secondary winding of said electromagnetic pickup, and the L-shaped carrier element and the bracket form a primary winding of said electromagnetic pickup. The invention also relates to an electrically-amplifiable stringed instrument comprising such a pickup system.
Claims
1. A pickup system for an electrically-amplifiable stringed instrument, comprising: a carrier element for a pickup magnet of an electromagnetic pickup; wherein the carrier element is L-shaped and connected to a bracket, wherein the bracket supports a coil of a secondary winding of the electromagnetic pickup, and wherein the carrier element and the bracket form a primary winding of the electromagnetic pickup; and a glide body, wherein a retainer for the carrier element is provided at the glide body; and wherein, when the pickup system is mounted to an electrically-amplifiable stringed instrument, the glide body is movable with respect to the electrically-amplifiable stringed instrument.
2. The pickup system according to claim 1, wherein the glide body comprises: a transmission element via which a signal of the electromagnetic pickup is transmittable.
3. The pickup system according to claim 2, wherein the transmission element comprises sliding contacts.
4. The pickup system according to claim 2, wherein at least one amplification element for an amplification of the signal of the electromagnetic pickup is arranged at the glide body.
5. The pickup system according to claim 1, further comprising: an additional carrier element for an additional pickup magnet of a corresponding additional electromagnetic pickup, wherein the additional carrier element is L-shaped and connected to a corresponding additional bracket, wherein the additional bracket supports a corresponding additional coil of a corresponding additional secondary winding of the additional electromagnetic pickup, and wherein the additional carrier element and the additional bracket form a corresponding additional primary winding of the additional electromagnetic pickup; and a corresponding additional glide body, wherein a corresponding additional retainer for the additional carrier element is provided at the additional glide body, and wherein the glide body and the additional glide body are independently movable.
6. The pickup system according to claim 2, wherein the signal of the electromagnetic pickup is transmitted via the glide body to two conductive paths.
7. The pickup system according to claim 5, wherein the additional glide body comprises: a corresponding additional transmission element via which a corresponding additional signal of the additional electromagnetic pickup is transmittable, wherein the signal of the electromagnetic pickup is transmitted via the glide body to two conductive paths, wherein the additional signal of the additional electromagnetic pickup is transmitted via the additional glide body to a corresponding additional two conductive paths, and wherein the additional two conductive paths are separate from the two conductive paths.
8. The pickup system according to claim 1, wherein the carrier element comprises a recess.
9. An electrically-amplifiable stringed instrument, comprising: a body; a neck; strings, wherein the strings are guided with a distance from each other and parallel to the neck; and a pickup system, wherein the pickup system comprises: a carrier element for a pickup magnet of an electromagnetic pickup, wherein the carrier element is L-shaped and connected to a bracket, wherein the bracket supports a coil of a secondary winding of the electromagnetic pickup, and wherein the carrier element and the bracket form a primary winding of the electromagnetic pickup; and a glide body, wherein a retainer for the carrier element is provided at the glide body, wherein the glide body is movable parallel to the neck, and wherein a slit-shaped opening is formed at the body, in which the carrier element is movably arranged.
10. The electrically-amplifiable stringed instrument according to claim 9, wherein: (a) the slit-shaped opening runs: (i) alongside the neck; or (ii) alongside an extension of the neck, through the body; or (b) the body is segmented into multiple parts, and wherein the body comprises: a base body; and a cover, and wherein the slit-shaped opening is formed between the base body and the cover.
11. The electrically-amplifiable stringed instrument according to claim 9, wherein the electrically-amplifiable stringed instrument is an electric guitar or an electric bass guitar.
12. The electrically-amplifiable stringed instrument according to claim 10, wherein the cover is a pickguard.
Description
(1) In the following the invention shall be illustrated on the basis of preferred embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings. Wherein shows
(2) FIG. 1 an electrically-amplifiable stringed instrument with a pickup system according to the invention;
(3) FIG. 2 a further perspective of the electrically-amplifiable stringed instrument according to FIG. 1;
(4) FIG. 3 frontal view of a pickup system according to the invention;
(5) FIG. 4 another perspective of a pickup system according to the invention;
(6) FIG. 5 a further embodiment of a pickup system according to the invention;
(7) FIG. 6 an L-shaped carrier element of a pickup system according to the invention;
(8) FIG. 7 a further embodiment of a pickup system according to the invention;
(9) FIG. 8 a further embodiment of a pickup system according to the invention;
(10) FIG. 9 a further embodiment of a pickup system according to the invention; and
(11) FIG. 10 a further embodiment of a pickup system according to the invention.
(12) In FIG. 1 an electrically-amplifiable stringed instrument 100, in particular an E-guitar or an E-bass guitar, is depicted. The electrically-amplifiable stringed instrument 100 comprises a body 1 and a neck 2. A head plate 19 is arranged at the side of the neck 2 facing away from the body 1. Strings 3, which are supported on a bridge 28 and fixated on a string holder 23, run from the head plate 19 via the neck 2 and the body 1. Tuning machines 24 for tuning the strings 3 are provided at the head plate 19. The body 1 comprises a base body 9 as well as a cover 7 in form of a pickguard 8, which is screw-mounted on the base body 9. A slit-shaped opening 6, in which an L-shaped carrier element 4 is movably arranged, is formed between the base body 9 and the pickguard 8. The L-shaped carrier element 4 is part of a pickup system 50. At least one pickup magnet 51 of an electromagnetic pickup 5, preferably a separate pickup magnet 51 for each string 3, is arranged at the L-shaped carrier element 4. A volume control knob 21 and a sound control knob 22 are arranged at the pickguard 8.
(13) In FIG. 2 the electrically-amplifiable stringed instrument 100 according to the invention is depicted in the perspective from the string holder 23 in the direction of the neck 2. The strings 3 are supported in grooves on the bridge 28, whereby they are secured against lateral displacement. The L-shaped carrier element 4 is arranged between the base body 9 of the body 1 and the strings 3, so that the oscillations of the strings 3 can be converted into an electrical signal by the pickup magnet 51 of the electromagnetic pickup 5 which is arranged at the L-shaped carrier element 4. The slit-shaped opening 6 is parallel to the strings 3, i.e. parallel to an extension of the neck 2 in the direction of the body 1, so that the carrier element 4 and the pickup 5 are movable parallel to the strings 3. According to an alternative embodiment a variant is imaginable, in which the body 1 is realized in one piece and does not comprise a pickguard 8. In this one-piece embodiment the base body 9 comprises the slit-shaped opening 6 at its front surface, wherein a recess is provided at the rear surface of the body 1 for the glide body 10 and the other components of the pickup system 50 according to the invention.
(14) In FIG. 3 a pickup system 50 according to the invention for an electrically-amplifiable stringed instrument 100 is depicted. The pickup system 50 comprises a first L-shaped carrier element 4 with a first pickup 5 and a second L-shaped carrier element 14 with a second pickup 15. The L-shaped carrier elements 4, 14 are each connected to a glide body 10, 20, which is movably guided along two gliding rails 29. A bracket 18 each is arranged at the glide body 10, 20 respectively at the L-shaped carrier elements 4, 14 which are connected with the glide body 10, 20, wherein the L-shaped carrier element 4, 14 and the bracket 18 each form a primary winding 25 of an amplification element 13 and a coil 35 which is arranged at the bracket 18 forms a secondary winding 36 of the amplification element 13. The L-shaped carrier element 4, 14 and/or the bracket 18 comprises/comprise a long hole 26, preferably two long holes 26, via which the L-shaped carrier element 5, 15 is connectable with the glide body 10, 20 by means of a screw joint. The height position and/or the inclination angle of the L-shaped carrier element 4, 14 and therefore of the pickup 5, 15 can be changed via the long hole 26. Alternative to the long hole 26, a cutout can be provided at the bracket 18 and/or at the L-shaped carrier element.
(15) The glide bodies 10, 20 are connected with conductive paths 17 via transmission elements 11, preferably in form of sliding contacts 12, wherein two conductive paths 17, 17a each are provided per glide body 10, 20 respectively per pickup 5, 15, so that a signal of the pickup 5, 15 can be transmitted to the conductive paths 17, 17a via the sliding contacts 12. As shown in FIG. 4, openings are formed in the glide bodies 10, 20, via which the glide bodies 10, 20 are guided along the gliding rails 29. Via the run of the gliding rails 29 also the inclination angle lengthwise to the strings 3 is adjustable. Therefore, the inclination angle that is once chosen does not need to be adjusted anymore to achieve a pitch adjustment of the pickup 5, 15. It is moreover to realize that the gliding rails 29 run perpendicular to the L-shaped carrier elements 4, 14 and enable thereby a displacement parallel to the strings 3. With that the glide bodies 10, 20 for the first L-shaped carrier element 4 and the second L-shaped carrier element 14 are each movable independent of each other.
(16) FIG. 5 shows a pickup system 50 according to the invention, which coincides to the greatest possible extent to the one shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, but additionally comprises a support bracket 31 for fastening at a pickguard 8. For clarity, only a plate 32 is fixated to the support bracket 31 instead of a complete pickguard 8. Additionally, a support at the body 1 is possible via the long holes 36 and the screw 37, wherein the height and the inclination angle of the gliding rails 29 can be adjusted via the long holes 36.
(17) According to an alternative embodiment also a variant is imaginable in which the body 1 is realized in one piece and does not comprise a pickguard 8. In this one-piece embodiment the base body 9 provides the slit-shaped opening 6 at its front surface, wherein a recess is provided at the rear surface of the body 1 for the glide body 10 and the other components of the pickup system 50 according to the invention.
(18) In FIG. 6 the L-shaped carrier element 4 is depicted. The L-shaped carrier element 4 can include a recess 16, in which a cover cap 33 is retained. With that latching elements 76 can be provided at the L-shaped carrier element 4 and/or at the cover cap 33, which enable a latching of the cover cap 33 at the carrier element 4 and therefore ensure a stable connection. Alternatively the cover cap 33 can also be placed on the L-shaped carrier element 4, wherein no recess 16 is necessary, but a less stable connection between the cover cap 33 and the L-shaped carrier element 4 is implied.
(19) In FIG. 7 a further embodiment of a pickup system 50 according to the invention is depicted. With a construction that is as far as possible equal to the pickup system 50 depicted in the previous figure, only differences are explained in the following. The L-shaped carrier element 4 is mounted at the glide body 10. At the glide body 10 moreover a bracket 18 is mounted, which forms together with the L-shaped carrier element 4, 14 the primary winding 25, which together with a coil 35 with a core 34, which form the secondary winding 36 forms the amplification element 13. Therefore the amplification of the signal of the pickup 5 is possible.
(20) In FIG. 8 a further embodiment of a pickup system 50 according to the invention is depicted. With a construction that is as far as possible equal to the pickup system 50 depicted in the previous figure, only differences are explained in the following. The L-shaped carrier element 4 is retained in a slit 38 of the glide body 10. The transmission elements 11 are also realized as sliding contacts 12, but are located at the upper side of the glide body 10 in this embodiment. This is particularly advantageous in an embodiment of the electrically-amplifiable stringed instrument 100 with a pickguard 8, since in this case the conductive paths 17 can be arranged in the pickguard 8. By an appropriate design of the pickguard 8 the inclination angle of the conductive paths 17, 17a can be adjusted to the inclination angle of the gliding rails 29.
(21) In FIG. 9 a further embodiment of a pickup system 50 according to the invention is depicted. With a construction that is as far as possible equal to the pickup system 50 depicted in the previous figure, only differences are explained in the following. In this embodiment the transmission element 11 is screwed with a screw 27 laterally on the glide body 10 respectively on the L-shaped carrier element 4. Thus the transmission element 11 can be exchanged particularly simple, for example at a wear of the sliding contacts 12. With that the brackets 18 and the L-shaped carrier element 4 can also be realized by one piece, if an opening for retaining the core 34 of the coil 35 is provided in the L-shaped carrier element 4, so that the coil 35 as secondary winding 36 is also easily detachable from the L-shaped transfer element 4 and is thereby easily exchangeable.
(22) In FIG. 10 a further embodiment of a pickup system 50 according to the invention is depicted. With a construction that is as far as possible equal to the pickup system 50 depicted in the previous figure, only differences are explained in the following. A bracket 18 for the amplification element 13 is arranged at the L-shaped carrier element 4 or at the glide body 10. The amplification element 13 is connected with a connection cable 41, which is embodied as a transmission element 11. With that attention is to be paid that the connection cable 41 is long enough in order to enable a displacement of the glide body 10 along the whole length of the gliding rails 29.
(23) The different embodiments of the invention as mentioned in the application are advantageously combinable, as long as not explained differently in isolated cases.
