This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent. Top assignee: Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. Active years: 1998.
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Company Filing History:
Years Active: 1998
Title: Scott Clifford Hollestelle: Inventor of a Solid-State Musical Instrument Amplifier
Introduction
Scott Clifford Hollestelle is an inventor associated with Scottsdale, Arizona, and Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. His patent work addresses how a solid-state amplifier can reproduce aspects of the sound associated with vacuum-tube amplification.
Latest Patents
Hollestelle is credited with 1 patent, titled “Solid State Musical Instrument Amplifier with Vacuum Tube Signal.” The invention uses solid-state amplification stages alongside two vacuum-tube signal-magnitude limiters. The tubes are configured without a supply potential to reduce microphonics and receive a small reverse bias to shape their conduction curve and suppress space charge. This arrangement is intended to produce a vacuum-tube-like sound when the amplifier operates in a nonlinear condition.
Career Highlights
Hollestelle’s documented patent highlights his work on musical instrument amplifier design. By combining solid-state circuitry with carefully configured vacuum tubes, the invention seeks to bring selected characteristics of tube amplification into an otherwise solid-state system.
Collaborations
Hollestelle’s listed coworker is William Edward Hughes. The available information identifies their professional association but does not specify further details about their collaboration.
Conclusion
Scott Clifford Hollestelle’s patent reflects an approach to amplifier design that combines solid-state stages with vacuum-tube signal limiting to pursue a distinctive musical sound.
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