Leo's Humbucking Pickup Patent

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FZTNT
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Leo's Humbucking Pickup Patent

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Not sure this is the right forum but let's see.

OK, I was looking in the gallery and one of those "Random Images' that shows on the left side showed a page from a Patent application for a hum bucking pickup design that I am not familiar with. I think.
Question: Was this pickup design ever used on a G&L guitar or bass? If so, what is its common name. Here is a screenshot of the first page. I don't know how to post a link to the gallery that shows the entire document, maybe someone can help with that?

Anyway, it just looks a bit different yet I wonder if it's not a common pickup.

Tom

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Re: Leo's Humbucking Pickup Patent

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Here's a link to the Album:
http://www.guitarsbyleo.com/GALLERY2/ma ... temId=5600

It looks like it may have been part of the dummy coil concept that was used
on the INNOVATOR
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Re: Leo's Humbucking Pickup Patent

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Took me a while to pickup on the hidden coils under the pickguard. Sure look interesting. Wish there were some good audio clips of this unique guitar.
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Re: Leo's Humbucking Pickup Patent

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I have a PRS bass with a dummy coil in the back. It is dead quiet.

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Re: Leo's Humbucking Pickup Patent

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Leo also patented items that never went anywhere. He did it to play it safe. Check out the flat truss rod design he came up with in the 70's.