Shawn D Greene

US Patent:

20040003703, Jan 8, 2004

Filed:

Jul 3, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/188540

Inventors:

Keith Chapman - Fountain Hills AZ, US
Charles Adams - Gilbert AZ, US
Shawn Greene - Higley AZ, US

International Classification:

G10G001/00

US Classification:

084/453000

Abstract:

A musical string instrument () has a body () with a resonate cavity covered by a soundboard (). A pick guard () has a flat surface for mounting to the soundboard of the instrument. Electronic control components () are mounted within a housing of the pick guard. The musician can control a preamplifier within the resonate cavity of the body with knobs () and push buttons () located on the pick guard. A thin, flat, multi-conductor ribbon cable () is connected to the electronic control components and routed along a surface of the soundboard and through a sound hole () in the soundboard into the resonate cavity of the body. The ribbon cable entering the resonating cavity through the sound hole does not adversely effect the natural response, performance, sound quality, and tonal property of the string instrument and does not require any additional holes be drilled in the soundboard.

US Patent:

20060159291, Jul 20, 2006

Filed:

Jan 14, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/036505

Inventors:

Richard Fliegler - Fountain Hills AZ, US
Charles Adams - Gilbert AZ, US
Keith Chapman - Fountain Hills AZ, US
Dale Curtis - Scottsdale AZ, US
Shane Nicholas - Anthem AZ, US
Shawn Greene - Higley AZ, US

International Classification:

G10H 1/00
H03F 21/00

US Classification:

381118000, 381120000

Abstract:

A portable multi-functional audio sound system has an enclosure and control panel with an optional display on a front portion of the enclosure. The control panel provides for selection among menu options which are presented on the display. An audio input is coupled for receiving a live audio signal. An electronic circuit receives user commands from the control panel and displays configuration information on the display. The electronic circuit has an amplifier for amplifying the live audio signal, and a synthesizer for generating programmable audio signal in response to a MIDI data stream. The MIDI data stream is routed to the digital signal processor or to the synthesizer. A digital signal processor controls the menu options on the display. A speaker is mounted within the enclosure and coupled for receiving a combined signal of the live audio signal and the programmable audio signal.