New Possum video

[Possum]

Figure I'd get a jump on being discovered again, so meet my new Pig Nineties:
http://www.youtube.com/SDPickups

[JGundry]

Sounds great Dave! I like the Pig-90 name too. That guy is a great player.

[David Schwab]

Cool vid Dave. Nice playing, and the pickups sound great too. I love that guitar.

[Possum]

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Thanks. Vyasa is a great player, go to myspace and search The Insomniacs to check out his album. I designed the cover but when they got signed the record company did their own cover which is horrible. He used some of my pickups and his bridge pickup in his authentic '51 tele is mine. Can you believe it, he found a '51 tele in his step dad's garage who gave it to him, thing is worth a fortune. The Italia is cool but really cheaply made, cheap neck joint, the whole pickguard is floating with springs on flimsy wood supports that break off really easily. Looks cool though and plays easy, just need to be careful with these.

[soundmasterg]

Yah, Vyasa is a really good player and a great guy too. One of the jam regulars for longer than me. His '51 Nocaster is the shit too. One of the nicest and lightest guitars I've ever played, and Possum did a really nice bridge pickup for it when the original was dead. Those Pig-90's have an interesting sound Possum.

Greg

[NightWinder]

Sounds nice Dave.....Sounds like 2 different voicings too, which is nice. How hot do you wind them to(your max)....I bet they'd blast paint of walls with a killer overdrive pedal!

[Possum]

shhhhhh...

Can't really give any details. They aren't really hot, but do nicely drive the amp a bit as V remarked at the end of the video. The look like everybody else's but they're not, wish I could afford a patent attorney....

[Joe Gwinn]

Can't really give any details. They aren't really hot, but do nicely drive the amp a bit as V remarked at the end of the video. They look like everybody else's but they're not, wish I could afford a patent attorney....

One can write one's own patent. While having a lawyer do it may yield a better crafted patent, a do-it-yourself patent is still legally valid once it makes it through the process. The hardest thing for a civilian is writing the claims. However, the Patent Office will write a few claims for you if you are representing yourself.

There is a book on how to write your own patent:

"Patent it Yourself", David Pressman, Nolo Press: http://www.nolo.com/product.cfm/Obje...AD5422664/310/.

I have the 9th edition, but they are up to the 12th now.

I noticed that Kinman used a lawyer only for his first patent or two, and now does it himself.

[soundmasterg]

Do it yourself Dave! It'll be worth it to protect your ideas.

Greg

[Possum]

money is all it takes...

I found a website and for $300 you can protect with a provisional patent pending for one year. This protects you so you can go sell it someone else or see if it sells in the marketplace. After a year the real deal patent costs $5,000. But then expect someone like DiMarzio to squash you like a bug, then you gotta pay lawyers to fight that. Some of the bigger guys scan new patent applications constantly in order to protect themselves and also to squash competing ideas. Its a dirty nasty business basically and the big guys win....

[Joe Gwinn]

I found a website and for $300 you can protect with a provisional patent pending for one year. This protects you so you can go sell it someone else or see if it sells in the marketplace. After a year the real deal patent costs $5,000. But then expect someone like DiMarzio to squash you like a bug, then you gotta pay lawyers to fight that. Some of the bigger guys scan new patent applications constantly in order to protect themselves and also to squash competing ideas. Its a dirty nasty business basically and the big guys win....

Provisional patents aren't really worth the trouble, as it's about the same amount of work as the real thing. It does not cost $5,000 if you do it yourself. Anyway, buy the book and read it. Amazon has it for $33. http://www.amazon.com/Patent-Yoursel...2164794&sr=1-1.

At the very least, it will give you real information on the issue.