Abstract: A removable and portable single pickup unit for stringed instruments such as guitars, and the like. The unit can be mounted inside of a sound hole of an acoustic guitar without damaging the guitar. The unit can combine inputs from three different pickups(such as a magnetic sensor, vibratory transducer, and a microphone) into a single small housing. The unit can include a pre-amplifier and circuitry within the unit along with three rotatable rheostat type control knobs for each of the pickups, and an overall volume control knob that are easily reachable to the user's fingers while the fingers are on the strings. An output cable connects the unit to a single external amplifier or three individual amplifiers for each of the three different pickups.

Abstract: A portable holder a container of paint, and the like, which is capable of being positioned at a multitude of locations on a ladder, or on other structures, which portability allows one to move the supply of paint from one location to another. The holder has it own dedicated, container or receptacle in which paint is poured from a paint can, which receptacle may be releasably latched to the holder itself, whereby the chances of spillage of paint is greatly reduced. The portable holder of the invention is also provided with a vertically-extending hook that is used for suspending the device from a rung of a ladder, or other supporting structure, and a horizontally-extending hook that is used for suspending a paint brush. A stop prevents the horizontally-extending hook from rotating when the vertically-extending hook rotates.