String deflector for guitar
OwnerMicheal Shane Perryinventor
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Abstract
A device is provided that changes the break angle of the guitar string between the top nut and the tuning machines, so as to relieve the angle of the string after the top not and the tension on the string at the top nut. The device is hidden beneath the truss rod cover on the headstock of the guitar and the strings travel through the device. The device does not obfuscate artwork on the headstock such that there is minimal change to the appearance. The device uses the original holes in the headstock and is configured to receive screws to secure the truss rod cover without altering or damaging the guitar. The device does not require the removal of any original guitar parts other than the truss rod cover, which is re-secured onto the device after the device is secured to the headstock.
Claims20
A device for relieving the break angle on guitar strings, the device comprising:
- a body defining:
- a first channel configured to receive a first string of the guitar, the first channel extending between a first inlet opening and a first outlet port;
- and
- a second channel configured to receive a second string of the guitar, the second channel extending between a second inlet opening and a second outlet port;
- and
- a transition nut disposed proximate the first and second outlet ports, wherein the transition nut is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the body, wherein the transition nut defines a first through hole configured to receive the first string and a second through hole configured to receive the second string,
- wherein, in an operational configuration in which the device is secured to the headstock of the guitar and the first string and the second string are received by the device, an angle of each of the first string and the second string is gradually adjusted between the neck of the guitar and a respective tuning peg.
A method of manufacturing a device for relieving the break angle on guitar strings, the method comprising:
- providing a body;
- forming a first channel in the body between a first inlet opening and a first outlet port, wherein the first channel is configured to receive a first string of the guitar;
- forming a second channel in the body between a second inlet opening and a second outlet port, wherein the second channel is configured to receive a second string of the guitar;
- forming groove in the body proximate the first and second outlet ports substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the body;
- and
- disposing a transition nut in the groove, wherein the transition nut defines a first through hole configured to receive the first string and a second through hole configured to receive the second string,
- wherein, in an operational configuration in which the device is secured to the headstock of the guitar and the first string and the second string are received by the device, an angle of each of the first string and the second string is gradually adjusted between the neck of the guitar and a respective tuning peg.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.