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US 10,311,838 B2Granted
Guitar neck joint
OwnerJonathan Mulveyinventor
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Abstract
A neck joint for an electric guitar, comprising an elongated protrusion with rounded corners fitting into a similar-shaped pocket with similarly rounded corners, which creates a strong enough connection between the neck and the body that the neck no longer requires a heel, improving the range of the guitar and the sound of the instrument.
Claims7
An electric guitar, comprising:
- a neck, wherein the neck comprises a fingerboard on a first side, wherein the neck comprises a neck joint which attaches to a guitar body on a second side opposite the first side, wherein the neck joint comprises rounded corners and does not comprise any sharp corners where it contacts the guitar body;
- wherein the neck joint comprises a right side and a left side, the right side located to the right of the fingerboard and the left side located to the left of the fingerboard, wherein neither the right side nor the left side comprise a flat surface perpendicular to the fingerboard;
- a guitar body, wherein the guitar body comprises a pocket for connecting to the neck joint;
- wherein the neck joint comprises an elongated protrusion on the second side of the neck, wherein the protrusion is located approximately along a centerline of the neck, wherein the protrusion comprises a height that is less than a thickness of the guitar body, wherein the protrusion comprises a base, wherein the base of the protrusion comprises rounded corners and does not comprise any sharp corners, wherein the protrusion comprises a top surface, wherein the perimeter of the top surface comprises rounded corners and does not comprise any sharp corners;
- wherein the pocket in the guitar body comprises a depression of approximately the same shape as the neck joint so that the neck joint can fit into the pocket.
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