81results about "Guitars" patented technology

A stringed instrument including a body having a top surface defining a picking area; a bridge supported by the top surface at one end of the picking area; a neck extending from the body at an opposite end of the picking area; and a plurality of strings extending in substantially parallel paths over the picking area. Each pickup is disposed under a different associated one of the strings and a support mechanism mounted on the top surface and adapted to accommodate movement of each pickup in a path within the picking area and parallel to its associated string.

The utility model relates to the technical field of electric guitars, in particular to an electric guitar convenient to store, which comprises a guitar body, a guitar neck and a guitar head. The guitar neck is detachably connected to the upper portion of the guitar body through a plugging structure, and a conductive assembly is further arranged between the guitar neck and the guitar body. Wherein the side edge of the guitar body is also provided with a handle, the handle is detachably connected with the guitar body through a fixing assembly, the guitar neck and the handle adopt a detachable structural design, the guitar neck and the handle can be detached and separated from the guitar body in the carrying and transporting process, and the guitar neck and the handle are convenient to carry and transport. In this way, the effects of convenient storage and carrying are achieved. And secondly, the neck and the body are electrically connected through the conductive assemblies, so that during assembly, when the neck and the body are connected through a plugging structure, the conductive assemblies can be mutually connected at the same time, additional wiring and wiring are not needed, circuit separation can be completed in the structure dismounting process, and the connection convenience is greatly improved.

The utility model discloses a detachable guitar, and relates to the technical field of guitar structures, and the detachable guitar comprises a guitar body and two handrails. The first ends of the two handrails are connected with the guitar body, and the second ends of the two handrails are directly connected to form a closed frame structure, so that on one hand, vibration can be more smoothly conducted to the guitar body through the continuous frame structure to improve the tone consistency, and on the other hand, resonance at a specific frequency can be inhibited, noise is reduced, the tone is purer, and the tone quality is improved. The closed frame structure can effectively disperse external force, reduce local stress of the guitar body and reduce the deformation risk, on the other hand, the second ends of the two handrails are connected to the lower end of the guitar body through the threaded connecting piece after being stacked, compared with the mode that the two handrails are independently connected to the guitar body, the stacking design can reduce the number of open holes, and the number of the open holes is reduced. The completeness of the guitar body is protected.

A holder for a musical instrument having a body and a neck has an anchor element, a cradle adapted to receive and support the body of the instrument and movable on the anchor element between a lower working position and an upper rest position, and a pair of arms pivotal on the anchor element between a closed position engaging around and securing the neck of the instrument supported on the cradle and an open position not surrounding the neck. Aa cable contained in the anchor element is connected between the arms and the cradle for moving the arms into the closed position on movement of the cradle into the lower position. A spring connected to the arms, cable, and / or cradle urges the cradle into the upper position and the arms into the open position so that setting the instrument body on the cradle moves same into the lower position and causes the arms to engage around the neck of the instrument.

The utility model belongs to the technical field of guitars, and discloses a guitar shell, which comprises a guitar body and a guitar neck, the guitar body is connected with the guitar neck through a fixing bolt, a positioning assembly is arranged on the guitar neck at a position corresponding to the fixing bolt, and the positioning assembly comprises a fixing shell fixed on the guitar neck. Two springs which are symmetrically arranged up and down are arranged in the fixed shell, movable plates are connected to the ends, away from each other, of the springs, movable rods are connected to the sides, away from the springs, of the movable plates, the ends of the movable rods penetrate through the fixed shell and are connected with sawtooth plates, and the positioning assemblies can effectively limit displacement and rotation of the fixed bolts; according to the guitar, the connecting stability of the guitar body and the guitar neck is greatly enhanced, the loosening frequency of the fixing bolt is reduced, the times of checking and fastening the bolt by a player are reduced, the maintenance time and energy are saved, meanwhile, guitar performance reduction caused by loosening of the bolt is avoided, the service life of the guitar is prolonged, and the maintenance cost is reduced.

A foldable guitar includes a body portion, a neck portion, a pivot mechanism, a plucking assembly and a fretting assembly. The plucking assembly is arranged on the body portion. The fretting assembly is arranged on the neck portion. A side of a bottom of the neck portion is hinged to a side of a top of the body portion through the pivot mechanism. The neck portion is configured to be rotated to lie against a side of the body portion. In a case that the neck portion is folded to lie against the side of the body portion, the plucking assembly and the fretting assembly are configured to face upward.

This invention provides a guitar chord assist fretting device, relating to the field of chord assisting equipment. It includes a fixed frame connected to the headstock, at least one manual string presser, and at least one electric string presser. The manual string presser performs string pressing by manipulating a corresponding manual drive mechanism mounted on the fixed frame, and the electric string presser performs string pressing by controlling a corresponding electric drive mechanism mounted on the fixed frame. This invention uses a combination of manual and electric string pressers, allowing multiple strings to be pressed with a small number of motors, improving space utilization, and reducing cost.

An audio transmitter (8) for a guitar comprises an electrochemical energy storage device (13) for supplying the audio transmitter (8) with the electrical energy required for operation, a microphone (14) for converting the guitar sound into an electrical audio signal, a radio module (11) for transmitting the audio signal, and a mounting bracket (16.1) for attaching the audio transmitter (8) to an edge of a soundhole of the guitar such that the microphone (14) is located in the body of the guitar. Furthermore, an audio radio system (1) with such an audio transmitter (8) is included.

The utility model relates to a bending structure applied to a folding electronic guitar, comprising a housing and a rotating rod assembly, the housing is provided with two parallel shaft holes, the two side walls of the shaft holes are planes, the side walls of the two shaft holes close to each other are provided with through grooves for communicating the two shaft holes, the rotating rod assembly comprises a rotating shaft and a fixing sheet, and the rotating shaft and the fixing sheet are connected through the through grooves. The two sides of one end of the rotating shaft are planes, and the fixing piece is fixedly arranged at the other end of the rotating shaft. The rotating shaft is arranged on one side of the shell, and when the rotating shaft rotates to 90 degrees, damping feeling is formed and limiting is achieved. As the rotating shafts are arranged on the two sides of the shell, the electronic guitar can be bent by 180 degrees. The limiting is automatic, the stress generated by the limiting is mainly located on the rotating shaft, and the stress generated on the fixing piece is very small, so that the stress deformation caused by frequent bending of the fixing piece is avoided, and the overall durability is improved.

A computer-implemented method for measuring the geometry of a guitar component is disclosed. A reference three-dimensional model representing a target geometry of the component is provided. The component is placed on a measurement station and scanned using a non-contact optical profilometer to obtain a point cloud. Points not corresponding to the component are filtered. Deviation values are computed by comparing the filtered point cloud with the reference model and are displayed in graphical form including colour-coded visualisation. Deviations affecting sound quality, playability or ergonomic characteristics are identified, and corrective operations are performed on the component based on the identified deviations. The method supports precise geometric evaluation and iterative correction during guitar manufacturing and setup.

A retractable guitar ramp that comprises two platforms. An upper platform that is positioned above a lower platform. The lower platform is static and disposed on the surface of a guitar below guitar strings. The upper platform moves between a first position that is extended and second position that is retracted. In the first position, the upper platform is disposed a distance from the lower platform. In a second position, the upper platform abuts the lower platform as it is pressed down; here, the lower platform and the upper platform will stay adjacent the lower platform in a compressed manner. The upper platform readily moves up and down with a biasing mechanism such as pressure as it is vertically extendable and retractable in comparison to the lower platform.

The utility model provides a plucked musical instrument with a lattice-shaped structure filled in a musical instrument body, which is used for solving the problem of how to maintain and further improve the acoustic quality of the musical instrument while effectively reducing the weight of the musical instrument in the prior art. A hollow part on a guitar body is filled with a lattice-shaped structure; on the premise of reducing the weight of the guitar body, the plurality of small cavities formed in the lattice-shaped structure enable the guitar body to generate dispersed resonance peak values and mutually compensate frequency responses, so that the excessive protrusion phenomenon of a certain frequency band is reduced, and the acoustic balanced output is enhanced, thereby ensuring the smooth transition of high, medium and low frequencies and the balance of the whole timbre; and the lattice structure can uniformly share vibration and stress in the normal direction and the direction perpendicular to the normal direction, and can also realize multidirectional damping through node internal friction, that is, lattice filling adds internal support while removing part of wood, so that the bending resistance and the pressure resistance of the guitar body are enhanced, and the mechanical distribution of each part of the guitar body is balanced.

A system and method for retaining a guitar pick on a stringed instrument. The system includes a guitar pick embedded with two magnets and a holder containing corresponding magnets that is attachable to the instrument, guitar strap, capo or other instrument accessory. The holder can be attached using adhesive backing or a detachable clamp mechanism. The holder is constructed from a non-magnetic material to reduce interference with the magnetic fields of the holder magnets. The method involves embedding magnets within the guitar pick and holder, attaching the holder to the instrument, and aligning the magnets to facilitate magnetic attachment of the pick to the holder.

An apparatus for archiving music created on guitars including acoustic and electric, comprising an archiving device configured to record as well as archive any combination of riffs, songs, and leads comprises a PCB that comprises all the electrical connections along with a pair of batteries to power up the archiving device, wherein the PCB comprises a controller configured to detect music played on the said guitar and automatically record the music played upon a memory card inserted into the memory card slot; a disc-shaped user interface plate that sits beneath a knob of a potentiometer on the top surface of the said guitar, wherein the user interface plate has a plurality of buttons, a plurality of LEDs, a memory card slot, and a USB slot.

A computer-implemented method for measuring the geometry of a guitar component is disclosed. A reference three-dimensional model representing a target geometry of the component is provided. The component is placed on a measurement station and scanned using a non-contact optical profilometer to obtain a point cloud. Points not corresponding to the component are filtered. Deviation values are computed by comparing the filtered point cloud with the reference model and are displayed in graphical form including colour-coded visualisation. Deviations affecting sound quality, playability or ergonomic characteristics are identified, and corrective operations are performed on the component based on the identified deviations. The method supports precise geometric evaluation and iterative correction during guitar manufacturing and setup.

Linear dovetail neck joint for a musical instrument (1) with a body (2), wherein the linear dovetail neck joint has the following features: a neck (4) with a lower surface (5b) with a groove (30); a block (40) with a contoured surface (46) which forms part of the body (2) when the block (40) is attached to the body (2), an upper platform (42) with a hole (52a, 52b) accessible from outside the musical instrument (1) and configured to receive a fastening element (54a, 54b), and a rear surface (48) with a window (60); a compensating sleeve (70) designed to be inserted into the window (60) of the block (40); at least one substantially flat or angled compensating washer (90) configured to fit into the compensating sleeve (70), the compensating washer (90) having an upper section (96a, 96b) with a height defining the distance by which the linear dovetail neck joint separates the neck (4) from the block (40) when the lower face (5b) of the neck (4) rests on the upper section (96a, 96b) when the linear dovetail neck joint is fully assembled; and a dovetail tenon (110) which engages at least indirectly in the groove (30) of the neck (4) and has a top (116), a bottom (118) and an opening (112a, 112b) extending through the dovetail tenon (110) from the top (116) to the bottom (118), wherein the opening (112a, 112b) is aligned with the hole (52a, 52b) of the block (40) and is configured to receive the fastener (54a, 54b), and wherein a rotation of the fastener (54a, 54b) in the opening (112a, 112b) causes the fastener (54a, 54b) to pull the dovetail tenon (110) together with the neck (4) downwards towards the upper platform (42) of the block (40) and the dovetail tenon (110) and neck (4) attached to the block (40).

To provide a tremolo unit which can firmly tighten a string and can be stably clamped.SOLUTION: A tremolo unit includes: a base plate 10 placed on a surface of a stringed instrument; and a saddle 100 attached to a surface of the base plate 10. The saddle 100 includes: a saddle body 110; and a clamper 160 which is rotatably attached to the saddle body 110. The saddle body 110 includes: a through hole 140 through which a string is inserted; and a saddle part 120 receiving the string pulled out to a neck side of the stringed instrument from the through hole 140. In the clamper 160, a support part 161 is rotatably supported so that a neck side end of a saddle part 120 side approaches and separates from the saddle part 120, and an operation part 164 which presses the saddle body 110 and separates an end from the saddle body 110 is provided at an end opposite to the neck side of the clamper 160.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7

A pickup holder for use with a stringed musical instrument is provided, comprising a housing, comprising a cavity for receiving a pickup device within the housing, engagement means for holding the pickup device in the cavity to form an over-string pickup; and fastening means for attaching the pickup holder to at least one mount, the mount being engageable with the body of the stringed instrument.

The utility model discloses a folding assembly and a musical instrument. The folding assembly is used for musical instruments. The musical instrument includes a first portion and a second portion. The folding assembly comprises a first rotating assembly, a second rotating assembly and a third rotating assembly. The first rotating assembly comprises a first fixed part and a first rotating part, and the first rotating part is configured to rotate under driving of the first fixed part. The second rotating assembly comprises a second fixed part and a second rotating part, the second rotating part is configured to rotate under the driving of the second fixed part, and the rotating direction of the first rotating part is opposite to that of the second rotating part. The third rotating assembly is rotationally connected with the first rotating assembly and the second rotating assembly. In the folding process of the first part and the second part, the first rotating piece and the second rotating piece are configured to rotate relative to the third rotating assembly. Thus, it can be ensured that the first part and the second part can move more smoothly in the folding and unfolding process, segmented folding is avoided, and therefore the user experience is improved.

Portable guitar (100) comprising a head element (110), a neck element (120) and a body element (130), wherein a first end (121) of the neck element (120) is detachably connected to the head element (110), wherein a second end (122) of the neck element (120) is detachably connected to the body element (130), characterized in that a saddle (123) of the guitar (100) is arranged on the neck element (120).

Variations of an adjustable guitar nut design. The guitar nut can be symmetric or asymmetric. The guitar nut can be fully adjustable by incorporation of a rack and pinion adjustment mechanism or a screw drive adjustment mechanism. Other variations are fully adjustable designs for internally compensated nuts, shelf nuts, zerofret and multi-scale nuts, and locking tremolo nuts. The adjustment can be locking or solid with adjustable saddle pieces. The guitar nut can be modified for uni and multi scale instruments, with a screw drive top partition nut, a screw drive zero fret nut, or a combination of the same. The guitar nut may also have an adjustable fingerboard mounted rack and pinion drive zerofret and integrated nut. Lastly, the guitar nut may be one of a variety of friction fit adjustable saddle shelf nut designs.

The utility model relates to the technical field of electronic musical instruments, in particular to a guitar support mechanism, which comprises a guitar body, a leg support module and a chest support module, a leg support mounting part and a chest support mounting part are arranged on one side of the guitar body, and the chest support module comprises a chest support adjusting assembly, a chest support connecting rod, a chest support locking element and a chest support support. The chest support adjusting assembly is arranged on the chest support mounting part, a chest support adjusting pull groove is formed in the side, close to the chest support mounting part, of the guitar body, the chest support connecting rod is arranged on the chest support adjusting assembly in a sliding mode, and the chest support locking element is used for fixing the chest support support to the chest support adjusting pull groove; the leg support module comprises a leg support adjusting assembly and a leg support bracket, the leg support adjusting assembly is arranged on the leg support mounting part, and the leg support bracket is arranged on the leg support adjusting assembly. According to the utility model, not only can the sitting posture be improved and the leg fatigue be reduced, but also the player can be helped to quickly find the most suitable playing posture in different places and environments, so that the playing efficiency and the comfort degree are improved.

The invention discloses a manufacturing method of a multi-material customized decorative guitar armor based on a non-abandoned technology, and belongs to the technical field of musical instrument decoration. According to the method, ten core steps of customization demand interaction, three-dimensional design modeling, multi-material steaming, non-abandoned cutting, characteristic sewing, artistic decoration, acoustic optimization, assembly debugging, uniqueness confirmation and delivery after-sales are carried out, so that the combination of pure manual non-abandoned technology and multi-material plasticity is realized; the uniqueness and acoustic performance enhancement of each armor are achieved. The method inherits non-abandoned culture, meets the individuation and functional requirements of musical instrument decoration, and solves the problems that traditional industrial decoration is serious in homogenization and poor in acoustic adaptability.

A stringed musical instrument includes a soundbox, including a soundboard and a backboard opposite the soundboard; a headstock, including tuners; a neck member, including a fretboard, extending between the headstock and the soundbox to form a common longitudinal axis; a plurality of strings having ends coupled to the tuners and other ends coupled to the soundbox; and a bridge coupled to the soundbox along the longitudinal axis. Ends of the strings are connected to the bridge and other ends of the strings are connected to the tuners. The soundboard is configured to directly interconnect with the backboard to form a sound chamber.

A guitar positioning arrangement includes a guitar pad and a connecting arrangement. The guitar pad is in the form of a wedge that tapers in thickness from the bottom surface portion to the upper surface portion. The guitar pad includes a support surface positioned opposite and at an angle to the engagement surface and designed to rest against the body of a user playing a guitar. This angled design positions the guitar at an angle with respect to the body of the user to permit improved viewing of the frets and strings of the guitar.

A quick-release mechanism for a modular guitar includes a body and a quick-release string retainer. The body is detachable from other parts of the guitar. The body includes a soundbox and a bridge, the bridge being fixed to the surface of the soundbox. The quick-release string retainer is detachably mounted on the bridge and has multiple retaining holes, whereby multiple strings can be held in place by the retaining holes.

The utility model relates to the technical field of electronic musical instruments, in particular to a folding connecting mechanism of an intelligent guitar, which comprises a guitar neck part, a guitar body part and a folding module, the folding module comprises a hinge assembly, a magnetic attraction assembly and a clamping assembly, the hinge assembly is used for hinging the guitar neck part with the guitar body part, and the magnetic attraction assembly is used for clamping the guitar neck part with the guitar body part. The magnetic attraction assembly comprises a first magnetic attraction element and a second magnetic attraction element, the first magnetic attraction element is arranged on the guitar neck part, the second magnetic attraction element is arranged on the guitar body part, and the first magnetic attraction element and the second magnetic attraction element are attracted; and the clamping assembly is used for clamping the neck part and the body part. The guitar neck part and the guitar body part can be smoothly and stably hinged, so that the guitar can be quickly folded into a more compact form when not in use, and the guitar is convenient to carry and store.

A musical instrument is provided that can suppress changes in the frequency characteristics of sound emitted from the acoustic section even when a vibrator is installed in the acoustic section. The instrument comprises: an acoustic section (15) that emits sound in response to vibration; a vibrator (31) having a vibrator body (33) and a vibrating part (34) that vibrates relative to the vibrator body (33), which vibrates the acoustic section (15); and a support part (32) installed in the acoustic section (15) that supports the vibrator body (33) in a manner that transmits vibration from the vibrating part (34) to the acoustic section (15). The support part (32) supports the vibrator body (33) by elastic displacement of the vibrator body (33) relative to the acoustic section (15). The resonant frequency of the vibration system formed by the vibrator body (33) and the support part (32) is lower than the lowest resonant frequency of the acoustic section (15).

The invention relates to an easy-to-adjust bridge structure and a musical instrument thereof, the bridge structure comprises a fixed seat, a string pressure assembly and an adjusting assembly, and the fixed seat is installed on a musical instrument surface; the string pressing assembly is installed on one side of the fixing base, located on the outer side of the guitar body and composed of a plurality of string pressing mechanisms. The adjusting assembly is installed on the other side of the fixing base, penetrates through the guitar body when installed, and is composed of a fixing frame and a plurality of adjusters on the fixing frame. The musical instrument comprises a musical instrument body, the tail ends of strings of the musical instrument body are provided with installation groove holes, the musical instrument bridge is installed at the installation groove holes, a string pressure assembly of the musical instrument bridge is installed at the installation groove holes of the musical instrument surface, and an adjusting assembly penetrates through the installation groove holes to the bottom side of the musical instrument body. When the device is applied, the bridge does not hinder and affect actions of playing gestures, and meanwhile influences on the overall appearance design of the musical instrument are reduced.