ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,590, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to CIRCLE INSTRUMENTS LTD (Mells, Great Britain).

"Electric guitar" was invented by Anthony Dickens (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric guitar comprising a rotatable disc positioned underneath the guitar strings and comprising a plurality of attachment points; at least one pic comprising a body configured to be received by an attachment point of the rotatable disc and a flexible wire member extending from the body away from the rotatable disc; drive means configured to rotate the rotatable disc relative to the guitar body such that each time the at least one pic passes the at least ...