241results 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.

A system, method, and apparatus for shaping frets can comprise a fret tool, the fret tool further comprising a fret tool body configured with at least one edge, the at least one edge further comprising a groove with a filing surface therein. The groove can be selected to have an incomplete radial shape on each side, with the respective radial walls of the groove being moved toward one another to form a point or crease at the center of the groove.

The utility model provides a guitar plectrum module, which comprises a fixed shell, two remote sensing controllers, two plectrum rods respectively connected with the two remote sensing controllers, two plectrum pieces respectively connected with the two plectrum rods, and a pressure spring connected with the two plectrum rods, and is characterized in that two mounting cavities are arranged in the fixed shell; the two remote sensing controllers are arranged in the two mounting cavities respectively, one end of each shifting piece is rotationally connected with the fixing shell, the free end of each shifting piece is connected with the corresponding shifting rod, one end of each pressure spring is fixed to the side wall of the corresponding remote sensing controller, and the other end of each pressure spring is connected with the corresponding shifting rod. According to the plectrum module for the guitar, the remote sensing controller drives the poking rod to rotate, then the poking rod drives the corresponding plectrum to rotate, the pressure spring is pressed, the plectrum is automatically adjusted, when the plectrum needs to return, the remote sensing controller does not exert force, the poking rod can be reset through the pressure spring, then the plectrum is reset, and compared with a torsion spring, the pressure spring does not exert force, so that the plectrum is more flexible. The structure is simple and installation is convenient.

A pickup, a stringed instrument, and a pickup control method are disclosed. The pickup comprises: pickup components (110), multi-touch screens (130) and processing components (140). The multi-touch screens (130) and the processing components (140) are connected. The pickup components (110) and the processing components (140) are connected. The pickup components (110) is configured to pick up sound information emitted by a musical instrument. The multi-touch screen (130) is configured to display function application information that is selected from a group consisting of timbre adjustment function application information, tone adjustment function application information, and equalizer adjustment function application information. The multi-touch screen is configured to receive a function triggering instruction. The multi-touch screen displays information as to functional applications available through the pickup capabilities. Control functions available to a user are expanded beyond control by a single knob as in the prior art, the playing experience of a user on the instrument is enhanced.

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.

Musical instrument support apparatuses can enable a performer to play an instrument in the standing position without supporting the instrument with a strap and without dampening vibrations from the instrument. In one example, a musical instrument support assembly includes a base to couple with a stand, two support arms including a first support arm coupled with a first end of the base with a first fastener, and a second support arm coupled with a second end of the base with a second fastener, and at least one support element coupled with each of the two support arms to support a musical instrument. At least one support element coupled with each of the two support arms includes an instrument securing element to contact and secure the musical instrument to the base.

A locking tremolo bridge block comprising horizontally drilled and threaded holes for each string which intersect the vertical string bore passages just below the bridge plate so that screws clamp down the strings locking them in place so they cannot move, while offering tuning stability.

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.

The present invention relates to a removable body support for string instruments, in particular for guitars and guitar-like instruments. The support comprises a central portion and two side parts connected to the central portion, which project upwards and clamp the guitar body in a space between the side parts and the center of two sides.

A stringed musical instrument includes: a musical instrument body configured such that a string is attached thereto; a pickup configured to: i) detect vibration of the string and ii) output a string vibration signal according to the vibration; a detection sensor that is: i) attached to the musical instrument body and ii) configured to output a detection signal according to a force applied to the musical instrument body; and a controller that is attached to the musical instrument body, and is configured to output, based on the detection signal, a control signal configured to control an operation of an effector configured to impart an effect to the string vibration signal.

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.

A saddle for a string instrument includes a string contact surface comprising a first material, a saddle end surface, generally opposite the string contact surface, comprising the first material, and two opposing side surfaces comprising a vibration-absorbent material different than the first material.

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.

The utility model relates to the technical field of guitars, in particular to a portable guitar which comprises a guitar body, and handrail assemblies are fixedly inserted into the left side and the right side of the guitar body; the handrail assembly comprises a bracket, a first connecting rod is fixedly connected to the end face of the inner side of the bracket, an inserting assembly is arranged at one end of the inner side of the first connecting rod, and a fixing groove matched with the inserting assembly is formed in the end face of the outer side of the guitar body; each inserting assembly comprises a fixing block movably inserted into the corresponding fixing groove, a plurality of sets of ball grooves are formed in the peripheral end face of each fixing block, locking balls are movably clamped in the ball grooves, locking grooves matched with the locking balls are formed in the fixing grooves, and through cooperation of the inserting assemblies, the locking balls are movably clamped in the locking grooves. And when the guitar needs to be carried, the bracket can be detached and put into the guitar bag, so that the guitar bag has good portability.

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.

A resonant system comprising a musical instrument body having at least one internal cavity, the internal cavity communicating with a sound hole extending continuously from the top. The sound hole may have a continuous curved transition from the top and a length corresponding to the changed resonant frequency of the instrument body. A stringed instrument (e.g., a guitar, such as a semi-acoustic electric guitar) including the resonant system disclosed herein.

A bridge for a musical instrument, such as a guitar, can house a pickup system and include a body with apertures to engage studs of the musical instrument. Each stud has a diameter, each aperture is longer and wider than the diameter of the studs, and a length of each aperture is greater than a width of each aperture. A set of fasteners for each aperture engage the studs, respectively. The fasteners can be adjusted to adjust a fit of the bridge relative to the studs. In addition, saddles extend from the body and have notches for the instrument strings, respectively.

The utility model relates to the technical field of guitars, in particular to an electroacoustic sensor of a guitar and the guitar, which comprises an upper shell and a lower shell which are fixed together, the lower shell is provided with piezoelectric ceramics, a PCB (printed circuit board) is arranged above the piezoelectric ceramics, and the front surface and the back surface of the PCB are respectively and electrically connected with an anode connecting wire and a cathode connecting wire. The two ends of the piezoelectric ceramic are provided with electrodes, the upper shell and the lower shell are both made of aluminum materials, one electrode of the piezoelectric ceramic makes contact with the lower shell, and the other electrode of the piezoelectric ceramic makes contact with a copper foil on the back face of the PCB. The piezoelectric ceramics in the device can convert mechanical vibration into electric signals, the signal level is improved, and the sensor can accurately capture tiny vibration of the guitar due to the quick response characteristic of the piezoelectric ceramics, so that clear and real tone reduction is provided.

A tuning system is disclosed. The tuning system includes a tuner installed on an inner side of a sound-board of a body of a guitar and providing tuning information, and a pre-amplifier installed on the inner side of the sound-board, amplifying sound generated from the guitar, and transmitting amplified sound to an external device. The tuner may be connected to the pre-amplifier to receive electric power from the pre-amplifier.

The string-free guitar comprises a guitar neck and a guitar body, the guitar neck comprises a guitar neck upper shell and a guitar neck lower shell, a fingerboard patch module is embedded in the upper surface of the guitar neck upper shell, and the surface of the fingerboard patch module is covered with a silica gel fingerboard through a guitar neck carbon film. A fingerboard lamp panel patch module and a fingerboard light guide column are arranged between the upper neck shell and the lower neck shell, and the fingerboard light guide column corresponds to fret positions divided by the silica gel fingerboard; the piano body comprises a sound box part and a keyboard part, the sound box part is covered by a loudspeaker mesh enclosure, the sound box part is provided with a sound cavity, a loudspeaker, a piano body battery and a mainboard module, the keyboard part is arranged between the keyboard upper shell and the keyboard lower shell, the keyboard part is provided with a keyboard plug-in module, and the keyboard plug-in module is provided with keyboard keys which are conducted through keyboard silica gel keys. Keyboard light guide strips are wrapped on the keyboard keys, and a keyboard lamp panel patch module is fixed on the keyboard light guide strips through a keyboard lamp panel support. The playing characteristics of a traditional musical instrument and the convenience of modern electronic music production are combined.

A stringed musical instrument includes a musical instrument body configured such that a string is attached thereto. The musical instrument also includes a pickup configured to detect vibration of the string and output a string vibration signal according to the vibration. The musical instrument also includes a detection sensor that is attached to the musical instrument body and configured to output a detection signal according to a force applied to the musical instrument body. The musical instrument also includes a controller that is attached to the musical instrument body, and is configured to output, based on the detection signal, a control signal configured to control an operation of an effector configured to impart an effect to the string vibration signal.

A tuning system is disclosed. The tuning system of the present invention comprises: a tuner which is mounted on the inner side of a front panel of a body of a guitar and provides tuning information; and a preamplifier which is installed on the inner side of the front panel, amplifies the sound generated by the guitar, and transmits the sound to an external device. The tuner is connected with the pre-amplifier and obtains power supply from the pre-amplifier.

Neck construction for a ‘non-drone string, handheld stringed musical instrument with a single neck’, such as a classical guitar or a violin, that provides for a thumb-side, supernumerarily-widened neck as defined by at least ⅜ of an inch of neck width blended into the neck profile with such blending and requisite shape altering occurring between the thumb-side longitudinal edge of the neck and a perpendicular projection of the last string in the string set and with such blending and requisite shape altering being coordinated and occurring in tandem, if necessary, across all other regions of the entire neck. Such a thumb-side, supernumerarily-widened neck design provides the musician, given a suitably large hand, with more ergonomic mechanical leverage and therefore more string control when conventionally bending the strings or performing a lateral vibrato and, perhaps to a lesser extent, more ergonomic mechanical leverage when conventionally fretting, stopping or barring the strings because in both cases the hand and particularly the thumb will be more ergonomically open.

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 provides a detachable guitar, which comprises a guitar body and a guitar neck, the guitar neck is provided with a bayonet socket at a position corresponding to the guitar body, the guitar body is provided with a plug hole at a position corresponding to the bayonet socket, the plug hole is internally provided with a pin group electrically connected with the bayonet socket, the upper end of the bayonet socket is provided with a clamping bump, and the clamping bump is provided with a pin group electrically connected with the pin group. A clamping groove is formed in the position, corresponding to the clamping protruding block, of the inserting hole, a pressing block connected with the clamping protruding block is further arranged on one side of the inserting base, and when the pressing block is pressed, the clamping protruding block sinks into the inserting base. According to the detachable guitar, the bayonet socket and the contact pin group are respectively connected with the connecting wires in the guitar neck and the guitar body, when the detachable guitar is assembled, the physical connection and the electric connection of the guitar neck and the guitar body can be realized only by inserting the bayonet socket into the bayonet socket and inserting the contact pin group into the bayonet socket, the internal connecting wires cannot be exposed, and the internal connecting wires are prevented from being damaged due to exposure.

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 capo capable of precise and convenient clamping force adjustment, comprising a front clamping arm (1), a rear clamping arm (2), a pressing arm (3), a pull rod, and a spring (4). The top of the front clamping arm (1) is provided with an adjustment inner sleeve (5); the top of the rear clamping arm (2) is provided with an adjustment limiting sleeve (6) mated with the adjustment inner sleeve (5); the pull rod is a threaded adjustment pull rod (7); one end of the threaded adjustment pull rod (7) is connected to the pressing arm (3); the spring (4) is sleeved on the threaded adjustment pull rod (7); a spring retaining ring (28) mated with the spring (4) is arranged in the adjustment inner sleeve (5); the other end of the threaded adjustment pull rod (7) passes through the adjustment inner sleeve (5) and the top of the front clamping arm (1) to be connected to an adjusting knob (8); an adjustment scale (29) is arranged on the adjustment inner sleeve (5); a plurality of balls (9) are arranged between the adjustment inner sleeve (5) and the adjustment limiting sleeve (6); and a plane bearing (10) is arranged between the adjusting knob (8) and the front clamping arm (1). The upper and lower clamping forces of the front clamping arm (1) and the rear clamping arm (2) are kept consistent as much as possible, so as to ensure precise pitch adjustment. In addition, the optimal pitch position on the scale can be found simply in a single tuning attempt, and thus it is convenient to adjust; and high precision and a small size are realized.