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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183447 | Dual-tensioned neck truss system for stringed musical instruments A dual-inline neck truss system in a stringed musical instrument is disposed uniformly along the instrument neck, generally toward the rear side, opposite the front side that forms or supports a fingerboard or fret-board. The truss system may be a two-portion single... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8124863 | Stringed instrument practice device The present invention extends to handheld practice devices for practicing to play stringed instruments. More specifically, the present invention relates to a practice device that may assist a user in learning how to properly finger and play a stringed musical instru... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8119892 | Latch for travel guitar with hinged neck A folding guitar comprising a guitar body and guitar neck is disclosed. A hinge connects the guitar body to the guitar neck. The hinge is disposed on one side of the guitar body and guitar neck. A latch plate is secured to the other side of one of the guitar body or... | 02/21/2012 |
| RE43075 | Headblock and fingerboard support A headblock and fingerboard support assembly for a stringed instrument includes a fingerboard support assembly for mounting to a neck and fingerboard of the stringed instrument. The fingerboard support assembly further includes a plate having an integrated rail stru... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7932449 | Neck joint structure for stringed musical instrument A neck joint structure which has an opening on the main face of a body in the thickness direction, which has openings on the side faces of the body extending in the thickness direction, and into which at least a part of the base-end portion of a neck is inserted is ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7902442 | Hinge for travel string instrument The inventive hinge includes a first hinge butt defining a pair of first and second races for receiving a first Soss sliding hinge pin. A second hinge butt defines a pair of third and fourth races for receiving a second Soss sliding hinge pin. The first hinge butt i... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7875782 | Adjustable and removable neck for a stringed instrument A musical instrument includes a neck, a body, a playing surface covering the body, a plurality of strings, and a connective element. The connective element varies the distance of the plurality of strings from the playing surface of the instrument. The connective ele... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7872185 | Collapsible stringed musical instrument A collapsible acoustic stringed instrument is disclosed having a hollow body with a soundboard, a back face and a spacer defining a sound chamber. A sound post is secured within the hollow body and engaging the soundboard and the back face. The sound post has a secu... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7863507 | Semi-hollow body for stringed instruments The semi-hollow body for stringed instruments includes a plurality of resonance-enhancing baffle pairs, each resonance-enhancing baffle pair having a bifurcated prong shape, similar to a tuning fork. The resonance-enhancing baffle pairs extend from an interior perip... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7842868 | Stringed instrument neck structure adjusting arrangement A stringed instrument (10A) neck structure adjusting arrangement includes a cantilever member (39). One end of the cantilever member is configured to be connected, in use, to a body and/or neck structure of the stringed instrument. The cantilever membe... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7838750 | Musical instrument sloped neck joint A joint between a neck and a body of a stringed musical instrument is described, wherein a neck receiving cavity in the body has a sloped major bearing surface. The sloped major bearing surface urges the neck laterally into a side surface of the neck receiving cavit... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7825313 | Stringed musical instrument neck assemblies Described herein are fingerboards and neck assemblies for use with stringed musical instruments. The neck assembly can include a light-system disposed therein. The light system has a light matrix of light elements. The fingerboard is adapted to conceal the presence ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7816592 | Stringed instrument string action adjustment A stringed musical instrument comprises: a headstock with tuners; a neck having a fingerboard, and a neck extension; a body having a top, a back, a longitudinal recess in the back for receipt of the neck extension and a bridge with a saddle secured to the body; and,... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7754950 | Travel string instrument and method of making same A string instrument comprising a neck extension primary member, having a neck extension securement end and a tuning assembly support head end, an extension top and a length extending between the ends, is disclosed. The neck extension primary member defines a neck ex... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7696419 | Collapsible stringed musical instrument A collapsible stringed instrument having a body with a soundboard, a back face, a neck, and a spacer. The perimeter of the soundboard is connected to the perimeter of the back face by the spacer. The volume between the spacer, the soundboard, and the back face defin... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7687698 | Apparatus for adjusting neck angle of guitar Disclosed is an apparatus for adjusting a neck angle of a guitar. The apparatus comprises a support block having a receiving groove into which the neck is inserted. The support block is installed inside a lateral plate. A reinforcing plate is installed at bottom of ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7659464 | Neck for stringed musical instrument A neck for a stringed musical instrument may include a generally longitudinal center support member with a fingerboard fixed thereto. The center support member may be fixed at one end to a string mounting member and fixed at an opposite end to a body of the stringed... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7652205 | Travel string instrument and method of making same A string instrument comprising a neck extension primary member, having a neck extension securement end and a tuning assembly support head end, an extension top and a length extending between the ends, is disclosed. The neck extension primary member defines a neck ex... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7629521 | Versatile neck truss system for stringed musical instruments A versatile four-way adjustable truss system in a stringed musical instrument is disposed uniformly within the instrument neck that provides or supports a fingerboard or fret-board on its top side. The bottom surface of the truss may be exposed along its full length... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7579535 | Folding electronic instrument A portable electronic stringed instrument is disclosed. The folding instrument includes a neck portion and a body portion and a connection portion for connecting the neck portion to the body portion. A plurality of adjustable neck strings are disposed between a nut ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7557281 | Adjustable neck mounting assembly for a stringed instrument An adjustable mounting assembly for mounting a neck to a body of a stringed instrument. The assembly comprises a first mounting to mount to the neck of the stringed instrument, a second mounting to mount to the body of the stringed instrument, and an adjuster mechan... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7531729 | Neck assembly for a musical instrument A neck assembly for a string instrument and the resulting string instrument. Resin reinforced fibers are shaped into the form of an instrument neck around a tubular structure. The tubular structure creates conduits within the neck. The conduits interconnect, thereby... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7507887 | Precision double acting truss for stringed musical instruments A truss rod apparatus, for use within a stringed musical instrument, to correct both forward and backward bowing of the instrument's neck. The apparatus includes an elongate rod with an adjustor mechanism incorporating two axially oriented threaded sections of simil... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7476790 | Musical instrument neck joint The present invention provides a removable and adjustable neck joint between a neck and a body of a musical instrument. The neck includes a contoured mounting portion that engages a pocket included in the body. The mounting portion and pocket include engagement feat... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7465859 | Headblock and fingerboard support A headblock and fingerboard support assembly for a stringed instrument includes a fingerboard support assembly for mounting to a neck and fingerboard of the stringed instrument. The fingerboard support assembly further includes a plate having an integrated rail stru... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7375267 | String instrument with a detachable neck The present invention is directed to a guitar that has a detachable neck for ease of transport and storage. The body is attached to the neck in the preferred embodiment by means of a lever actuating clamp providing a clamping force substantially parallel with the lo... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7368646 | Stringed musical instrument A stringed musical instrument includes a string which, when vibrated, produces sound. Both ends of the vibrating portion of the string touch glass. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365254 | Stringed instrument A stringed instrument comprising an instrument belly with a neck extending therefrom, a first attachment means for strings at the free end of the neck, a second attachment means for strings on the belly of the instrument, strings extending across the upper side of t... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7332662 | Stringed musical instrument and method The stringed musical instrument may be a guitar including a guitar body optionally defining a soundboard, an elongated neck extending from the guitar body and having a distal end, a headstock disposed at the distal end of the neck, and a plurality of strings each se... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326838 | Adjustable guitar neck member An adjustable neck member is disclosed having a distal end and a mounting end configured to be coupled to a stringed instrument body. An enclosed channel extending within the neck member from a position near the mounting end and along a central axis of the neck memb... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324619 | Method and apparatus for auto-tracking and compensating clock frequency A method and an apparatus for auto-tracking and compensating a clock frequency are disclosed. The method is suitable for being applied in USB controllers. The apparatus for receiving a data stream includes an oscillator, for generating a sampling clock; a clock extr... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7304224 | Exercise and training device for acoustic guitar players A practice and exercise device for acoustic guitar players. The device includes a housing, a plurality of strings, and a circuit to generate a sound having a tone, wherein the tone is selected from the group consisting of A, D, and E tones. The circuit is housed in ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304225 | Devices for altering an acoustic property of stringed instruments, stringed instruments comprising same, and methods for altering an acoustic property of stringed instruments Devices for altering an acoustic property of stringed instruments are described that include a tailpiece adjustment mechanism configured for rotating at least a portion of a tailpiece relative to a central axis of the stringed instrument, and/or for immobilizing at ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7285708 | System of stringed musical instruments with substitutable 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, generate musical sounds. The invention relies upon fingerboards which... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7276868 | Carbon-fiber laminate musical instrument sound board A soundboard for a hollow-body stringed instrument made of layers of carbon-fiber and resin material surrounding a core of one or more layers of constant-thickness plywood, veneer (thinly sliced wood) or paper. Additional shaped layers are provided to produce a desi... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270222 | Externally adjustable internal bypass shock absorber A shock absorber that combines both the suspension function and the shock absorbing function in one unit. It has an elongated shock body filled with hydraulic fluid and a piston mounted on a piston rod that reciprocally travels within the shock body. The shock body ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268280 | Bracing system for stringed instrument In accordance with the invention, a sound box for an instrument is provided exhibiting a 3-D bracing system. The bracing system comprises a plurality of braces on both the sound board and the bottom board of the sound box. The braces exhibit varying heights and conf... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7262354 | Stringed practice device and method The disclosed apparatus relates to a stringed practice device comprising: a neck with an upper end and a lower end; a headstock coupled to the lower end of the neck; and where the headstock comprises a plurality of tuning posts. The disclosed method relates to a usi... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7256336 | Stringed instrument and associated fret mapping method A stringed instrument and associated fret mapping method. The instrument includes a neck having a fret board provided with a plurality of frets having offset string contact regions along their length, whereby accurate intonation of a note is achieved when a string i... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7244886 | Invisible electromagnetic pickup for a stringed musical instrument The present invention provides an electromagnetic pickup comprising a bobbin, a single coil wound around the bobbin and at least one pole piece coupled to the bobbin. The pickup is adapted for use with a stringed musical instrument including a body portion, a neck p... | 07/17/2007 |
