Stringed instrument construction
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1. An electric guitar which comprises:
- a body having an upper end and a lower end and which is assembled from a center spine and a pair of wings, each wing having a top wall, a bottom wall, a sidewall and a peripheral wall, and each said wing being affixed at its respective inner wall to said center spine so as to flank same on opposite lateral sides thereof, anda neck attached to said body and extending longitudinally therefrom,said wings comprising a proximal wing that will reside adjacent the body of the player and a distal wing, andsaid proximal wing having a height that is less than the height of said distal wing as a part of an overall construction that shifts the plane of strings that extend along said neck toward the face of the player.
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An ergonomic guitar wherein the plane of the strings is shifted toward the player as a result of its overall construction. It includes a guitar body having a center spine region in the form of an open-top channel. The guitar neck is advantageously fitted and clamped to the bottom wall of the channel in a manner which assures maximum sustain and tonal quality of the instrument.
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18 Claims
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1. An electric guitar which comprises:
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a body having an upper end and a lower end and which is assembled from a center spine and a pair of wings, each wing having a top wall, a bottom wall, a sidewall and a peripheral wall, and each said wing being affixed at its respective inner wall to said center spine so as to flank same on opposite lateral sides thereof, and a neck attached to said body and extending longitudinally therefrom, said wings comprising a proximal wing that will reside adjacent the body of the player and a distal wing, and said proximal wing having a height that is less than the height of said distal wing as a part of an overall construction that shifts the plane of strings that extend along said neck toward the face of the player. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A guitar which comprises:
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a body and a neck extending longitudinally from an upper end of said body, said body having a flat bottom wall and a top wall that includes (a) a proximal section which would lie closer to the person playing the guitar and (b) a distal section lying beyond said proximal section, said proximal section of said top wall lying in a plane oriented at an angle at least about 4 degrees to the plane of said distal section, and said neck having a top surface that is essentially parallel to the proximal section of said top wall so that the plane of strings that will extend longitudinally along said neck is shifted toward the face of the player. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A guitar which comprises:
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a body, a neck extending longitudinally from an upper end of the body to a headstock at the end thereof, said body having a bottom surface, a peripheral surface and a top surface, which top surface has a planar distal region and a planar proximal region which is oriented at an angle of about 4 to 7 degrees to said distal surface region, and said neck having a top planar surface that is essentially parallel with said planar proximal region, and means for supporting a plurality of strings, which all extend longitudinally along said neck from a central region of said body, so that the supported strings lie in a plane essentially parallel to said proximal surface region, which plane is shifted toward the face of the player. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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