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6426454 Stringed musical instruments and method therefor  
A musical system for stringed instruments based on tuning in fifths in conjunction with component control reduces dissonance and discord while increasing harmony and consonance. In a stringed...
6420638 Guitar neck assembly and method of manufacturing same  
A neck for an acoustic guitar made from a plywood material which is glued with and at least partially impregnated with a phenolic resin. The plywood neck is stronger and more durable than...
6399862 Neck for a stringed instrument  
A neck for a stringed instrument and including a neck body, a fingerboard, and an adjusting device located in a groove provided between the neck body and the fingerboard for adjusting the neck...
6395968 Stringed musical instrument having head covered with bright panel and process of fabrication thereof  
An acoustic guitar is broken down into a body, a neck and a head, and the neck and the head are differently finished, wherein a panel already coated with paint for bright finish is attached to an...
6376756 Stringed musical instrument with substituable fingerboards  
A stringed musical instrument having an elongate neck and a body which may have a resonant cavity at one end and a head at the other end thereof. Strings extend across the neck and, when vibrated,...
6372970 Stringed musical instrument body and neck assembly  
An acoustical stringed instrument includes a body, which has a top member having a generally flat forward part. The body also has a back member which includes a side wall with an upper section and...
6369306 Fret system in stringed musical instruments  
In a novel fret system for stringed musical instruments, the fret bar can be fabricated from standard square metal stock, typically of stainless steel. Each fret bar is retained in a corresponding...
6353164 Stringed instrument with folding neck  
A stringed instrument has an instrument body, a neck pivotally attached to the body so as to allow rotation of neck from an operative position to a folded position and a string mount rotatably...
6350940 Fretted/fretless stringed musical instrument  
A stringed instrument intended to be alternately played in a fretted mode or an unfretted mode by raising a separate fingerboard to the tops of the frets for the unfretted mode and lowering it for...
6350939 Neck block system for acoustic stringed instruments  
A neck block system for securing the neck of an acoustic stringed instrument to a body of the stringed instrument has a substantially hollow block having an open face on a body side of the neck...
6329581 Stringed instrument neck having finger slots  
A stringed instrument neck having finger slots for facilitating fingering chords when playing a guitar includes a main body portion having a bridge. A neck extends from the main body portion and...
6262353 Stringed instrument with improved neck and body attachment  
A stringed musical instrument, preferably an electric guitar, is made with separate neck and body portions. The neck and body portions are connected together via screws, bolts or the like that are...
6259008 Double-action truss rod for stringed instruments  
A truss rod for selectively bowing the neck of a stringed instrument includes a segment of round stock having a pair of threaded ends, one set of threads in a first thread direction, and the other...
6253654 Electric stringed instrument with interchangeable pickup assemblies which connect to electronic components fixed within the guitar body  
An electric stringed instrument, e.g. an electric guitar, featuring a body having a rectangular shaped, through-the-body cutout between the neck and bridge, and having a connector in a portion of...
6255566 Unitary guitar construction  
A guitar construction having a complete body, neck, and head, formed as a single, integral wooden carving with tuning pegs, fingerboard, bridge, nut, and strings mounted thereon. The body portion...
6198030 Stringed instrument having improved neck  
A stringed instrument, such as a guitar is provided. The stringed instrument includes a body and a neck adjustably and releasably mounted on the body so that the action of associated strings can be...
6194644 Modular electric guitar  
An electric guitar has two structurally independent components. A neck/tailpiece module (10) is set into a docking recess (14) in the body module (12). In operation, the two are simultaneously...
6188005 Stringed instrument soundboard including lattice-like acoustic grill  
An improved stringed instrument soundboard system. The system includes a soundboard frame having a peripheral rim member, which extends from first and second ends of the soundboard frame. The...
6147287 ***WITHDRAWN PATENT AS PER THE LATEST USPTO WITHDRAWN LIST***
Unitary guitar construction  
A guitar construction having a complete body, neck, and head, formed as a single, integral wooden carving with tuning pegs, fingerboard, bridge, nut, and strings mounted thereon. The body portion...
6111175 Neck for stringed musical instruments  
A stringed musical instrument having a neck assembly, a body portion, and a plurality of strings, the neck assembly having a composite central structure made of a composite material which is...
6103961 Stringed musical instrument  
The present invention involves a stringed musical instrument having a lower portion comprised of a resonance body and an upper portion comprised of a neck and headstock. The resonance body encloses...
6100458 Neck for stringed instrument  
A neck for a stringed musical instrument includes a foam core formed with a peghead and layers of reinforcing material positioned over the foam core. A surfacing material is bonded to the layers of...
6069306 Stringed musical instrument and methods of manufacturing same  
The present invention relates to musical instruments and methods and apparatus for producing notes of a musical scale with real strings. More particularly, it relates to the division by frets, of...
D424097 Neck assembly for guitar  
6051764 Stringed musical instrument formed from bamboo plates  
Bamboo fibers uniformly extend in the longitudinal direction of a bamboo stem so as to impart good acoustic properties to bamboo plates formed from bamboo strips, and the bamboo plates are...
6051765 Guitar with controlled neck flex  
A guitar neck is formed with a protruding trapezoidal heel which extends into a pocket formed at the neck end of the body. The tendency of the strings to bend the neck is counteracted by a truss...
6051766 Adjustable guitar neck  
A stringed instrument such as a hollow body guitar has a neck portion that extends under the tail of the fretboard. The body of the instrument has a pair of recesses which mate with respective tail...
6046392 Stringed musical instrument frame having interchangeable soundboard and neck assembly  
A stringed instrument skeletal frame system is provided with an interchangeable soundboard and an interchangeable neck assembly of such an instrument. The soundboard includes a longitudinal slot....
6046393 Stringed instrument having a replaceable head stock  
A stringed instrument, such as a guitar is provided. The stringed instrument includes a body, a neck mounted to the body and a headstock releasably mounted to the neck. The headstock may be...
6037532 Stringed musical instrument with removable fingerboard  
A stringed musical instrument having an elongate neck and a body which may have a resonant cavity at one end and a head at the other end thereof. Strings extend across the neck and, when vibrated,...
6034310 String instrument, method of playing a string instrument, apparatus for manufacture of a string instrument, and string instrument kit  
The present invention includes a string instrument that includes a neck having a finger board, a finger board having a plurality of frets and having a finger board axis along the length of the...
6034308 Ergonomic string instrument  
The invention is an ergonomically constructed string instrument which is achieved by rotating both the nut and the bridge about a longitudinal axis in the direction from which the player's hand...
6028255 Detachable neck for a guitar  
A detachable neck for a guitar allows guitar strings to remain in place and a lever action pivoting the neck to the body about a pivot point under the strings allows full string tension to be...
6025548 Collapsible stringed instrument  
A collapsible acoustic guitar has a body divided into upper and lower halves, a detachable neck and a detachable string assembly consisting of headstock with tuning pegs, strings and an anchor...
5994633 Stringed musical instruments  
A stringed musical instrument, such as a guitar, mandolin, or a violin, has an elongated frame to which modular components such as necks, electronic pick-ups, electronic control boxes, bridges,...
5990411 Methods for utilizing switches on the back of the neck of a musical instrument  
Methods and apparatuses for utilizing switches on the back of the neck of a musical instrument are provided. Multiple switches may be positioned along the length of the back of the neck of a...
D416279 Guitar head and neck assembly  
5977462 Indicators for a stringed musical instrument  
Indicators for a stringed musical instrument having a fingerboard and strings stretched over the fingerboard. The indicators indicate the pitch produced when the string is pressed down against the...
5973242 System for fixing the neck onto the body of stringed instruments  
A system for fixing the neck onto the body of a stringed instrument in which the truss-rod (9) of the neck is seated in a corresponding milled portion (8) formed in the body (3) in the region of...
5965830 Guitar neck incorporating combination lever and tension-compression adjustment system  
A guitar neck incorporating a mechanism for adjusting the degree of straightness of the neck's elongated body is provided herein. The mechanism incorporates a lever and tension-compression system...
5949005 Collapsible guitar kit  
A collapsible guitar kit designed to modify existing guitars so that guitar necks can be separated from guitar bodies for compact storage and for convenient interchanging of varying guitar necks...
5945614 Modular guitar system  
An improved, modular guitar system is disclosed and includes a guitar body frame, which has a central member disposed along a longitudinal axis of the body frame and a peripheral rim member...
5929362 Guitar with removable fretboard and pickup section powered by a headphone amplifier  
A guitar has a removable neck section including fretboard, electronic pick up system with a built in headphone amplifier system for private listening. The detached main body also has an amplifier...
5918297 Bow for string instrument and improved string instrument  
A bow for a stringed instrument in which the tension of the hair (4) of the bow can be tightened and loosened by the performer while playing. The stick is divided into two parts (2,3). The parts...
5911168 Neck connection for a stringed instrument made in one piece, and method for the production thereof  
Neck connection for an method for the production of a stringed instrument, comprising at least a body (1) and a neck (2), in which both the neck (2) and the body (1) are made of plastic and the...
5900561 Guitar with improved headblock and tailblock  
An acoustical guitar having a hollow main body forming a sound box and defined by top and bottom walls joined by a side rim. A long cantilevered neck is attached to the hollow main body adjacent a...
5895872 Composite structure for a stringed instrument  
A composite structure for a stringed musical instrument or an acoustic guitar. The stringed instrument structure having a one piece neck and body cast of a fiber reinforced single resin matrix....
5886272 Guitar with captive neck joint  
A guitar neck is formed with a protruding trapezoidal heel which extends into a pocket formed at the neck end of the body. Motion of the heel within the pocket is limited by the sides of the...
5883316 ***WITHDRAWN PATENT AS PER THE LATEST USPTO WITHDRAWN LIST***
String instrument, method of playing a string instrument, apparatus for manufacture of a string instrument, and string instrument kit  
The present invention includes a string instrument that includes a neck having a finger board, a finger board having a plurality of frets and having a finger board axis along the length of the...
5864073 Laminated neck for guitars, and combination thereof with adjustment system  
An improved neck for a guitar which is comprised of a elongated body, an elongated fingerboard, and an elongated strip. The fingerboard is mounted longitudinally of the body on the upper side of...
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