158results 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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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 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.

Disclosed herein are musical instrument systems which allow a user to swap out a set of strings of a stringed instrument, having a first configuration, with another set of strings having a second configuration. For example, a first set of strings having a first tuning may be swapped out for a second set of strings having a second tuning. Modular string systems which are swapped out in this way may include bridge and nut components.

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 discloses an electric guitar side plate with a replaceable decoration, which belongs to the technical field of electric guitars, and is characterized in that a groove is formed in a guitar body, a U-shaped plate is mounted in the groove, a threaded rod and a sliding rod are symmetrically mounted between the U-shaped plate and the inner side wall of the groove, the threaded rod is rotatably mounted between the U-shaped plate and the side wall of the groove, and the sliding rod is rotatably mounted between the U-shaped plate and the side wall of the groove. One end of the threaded rod extends out of the U-shaped plate, a first bevel gear is fixedly mounted at the end, extending out of the U-shaped plate, of the threaded rod, a rotating hole is formed in the side wall of the groove and penetrates through the outer side wall of the piano body, a rotating rod is rotatably mounted in the rotating hole, a second bevel gear is fixedly mounted at one end of the rotating rod, and a locking plate is in threaded connection with the threaded rod; the locking plate is installed on the sliding rod in a sliding mode, a sealing plate is installed on a groove opening of the groove, an installation hole is formed in the sealing plate, a decoration disc is installed in the installation hole, and a locking groove matched with the locking plate is formed in the decoration disc.

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 stable and reliable roller-type capo with convenient position adjustment, comprising a folding arm assembly and a roller assembly. The folding arm assembly adopts a concealed camshaft folding arm and comprises a front clamping arm (1), a rear clamping arm (2), a front pressing arm (3), a rear pressing arm (4), a hinge shaft (6), and a clamping spring (5); the top of the front pressing arm (3) is rotatably connected to the top of the front clamping arm (1); the top of the rear pressing arm (4) is rotatably connected to the middle of the rear clamping arm (2); the front pressing arm (3), when retracted, fits over the front clamping arm (1), and the rear pressing arm (4), when retracted, nests inside the rear clamping arm (2). The roller assembly adopts a three-roller structure and comprises a front roller assembly and two rear roller assemblies; the front roller assembly and the two rear roller assemblies are all vertically mounted; and the width of the two rear roller assemblies arranged side by side is greater than the width of the rear clamping arm. The folding operation of the capo is convenient and reliable, and when folded, the whole capo features a compact size and an aesthetically pleasing appearance. The capo provides stable and reliable clamping, and can prevent the rear clamping arm from shaking during sliding, thereby guaranteeing smooth and reliable sliding, and ensuring tuning precision.

An adjustable bridge unit for use with a stringed instrument, such as an electric guitar. The construction of the unit allows for an unimpeded string path from the rear of an adjustable height bridge in a downward trajectory toward a tailpiece. Moreover, the bridge unit may be used to perform a variety of corrective measures, such as saddle height, intonation, and string alignment.

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.

The invention discloses an electronic guitar convenient to store, and relates to the technical field of musical instruments, the electronic guitar convenient to store comprises a guitar body, a guitar neck and an elastic clamping piece, the guitar body is provided with a limiting groove, the guitar neck is provided with a first clamping part, at least part of the guitar neck is limited in the limiting groove, the elastic clamping piece comprises an elastic piece and a movable clamping plate, and the elastic piece is provided with a second clamping part. The movable clamping plate comprises an elastic section, a rotating section and a clamping section which are sequentially arranged, the elastic section is elastically connected to the guitar body through an elastic piece, the rotating section is rotationally connected to the guitar body, and a second clamping part is arranged on the clamping section. Therefore, the first clamping part is separated from the second clamping part, and the guitar neck is movably pulled out of the limiting groove. In the use state, the first clamping part is clamped to the second clamping part; according to the technical scheme provided by the invention, the electronic guitar is convenient to store and carry.

To provide an easy, effective, and inexpensive method for correcting misalignment between a body and neck of a stringed instrument without disassembling components.SOLUTION: There is provided a method and device for adjusting a neck with a fretboard formed on top of a guitar having a body and the neck, in which the underside of the fretboard includes an unsupported section and adjustment means that allows an angle between the body and the neck to be adjusted.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7

The utility model discloses a wireless game guitar. The utility model relates to the technical field of wireless game guitars, which comprises a guitar body, a guitar neck arranged at the left end of the guitar body, a dial button arranged on the surface of the guitar body, a display screen arranged on the surface of the guitar body, a handle fixedly connected to the surface of the guitar body, and a tuning knob and a clamping assembly arranged at the end of the guitar neck far away from the guitar body. The clamping assembly is arranged at the connecting end of the guitar neck and the guitar body and used for connecting the guitar neck and the guitar body, the unlocking assembly is also arranged at the connecting end of the guitar neck and the guitar body and used for separating the guitar neck and the guitar body, the surface of the guitar body is fixedly connected with a first sound box, and the back face of the guitar body is fixedly connected with a second sound box. The surface of the guitar neck is fixedly connected with a pressing induction plate, the surface of the guitar neck is further provided with an indicator light, the face, away from the pressing induction plate, of the guitar neck is fixedly connected with a magnetic attraction block, the face, facing the magnetic attraction block, of the guitar body is provided with a magnetic attraction groove, and the problem that the wireless guitar is inconvenient to move or store is solved.

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.