Abstract: A bridge assembly for a musical instrument, such an electric guitar, an acoustic-electric guitar, or a semi-acoustic guitar has a bridge and at least one electrical control formed to the bridge. The electrical control(s) control at least one electrical parameter of the musical instrument. For example, the tone and volume controls of an electric guitar may be formed to the bridge of the electric guitar.

Abstract: An electromagnetic pickup for a guitar or similar stringed musical instrument has two coil and core assemblies adapted to extend across the strings of the associated instrument at different points along the length of the strings, the coil and core assemblies being associated with a permanent magnet means creating magnetic flux circuits through the cores and the strings. Each of the cores is in the form of an elongated strip having teeth vertically extending therefrom with the teeth being equal in number to the strings of the instrument and spaced in conformity with the string spacing so that each tooth of each core can underlie a respective one of the strings. The elongated strip of one core is located adjacent to the strings and that of the other core is located remote from the strings so that somewhat different signals are induced by string vibration in the coils associated with the two different cores. Each core carries two separate coils.