Electric guitar with tremolo unit
AssigneeHoshino Gakki Co., Ltd.
InventorShinjiro Hirayama
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Abstract
An electric guitar with a tremolo unit that makes it easy to tune strings and install the strings. The electric guitar includes a lock device that prevents the strings from being shifted to offset positions. The lock device has a nut, which has an inclined support surface, and a clamp pad. The clamp pad clamps the strings with respect to the support surface. A front edge of the nut is located upward from a line, which extends along a contact point between pegs and the strings and a rear edge of the nut. Since the strings are bent by the nut at the front and rear edges, the strings are stopped from being separated from the support surface.
Claims11
An electric guitar (11) with a tremolo unit that adjusts tensions of strings at the same time, comprising:
- a body, wherein the body fixes proximal ends of the strings;
- a neck, which projects from the body, wherein the neck has an upper side that faces the strings;
- a head, which is fixed to a distal end of the neck, wherein the head is bent downward from the upper side of the neck;
- a plurality of pegs attached to the head, wherein each of the pegs is connected to a distal end of a different one of the strings;
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- a lock device fixed to the upper side of the neck for preventing the strings from being shifted to offset positions, wherein the lock device includes:
- a nut, wherein the nut has a support surface that supports the strings, a rear edge close to the body, and a front edge close to the pegs, and the nut is located such that the front edge is located upward from a hypothetical line, which extends along a contact point between the strings and the pegs and the rear edge;
- a pad, wherein the pad presses at least one of the strings against the support surface;
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- a bolt, wherein the bolt connects the pad to the nut.
An electric guitar with a tremolo unit that adjusts tensions of strings at the same time, comprising:
- a neck, wherein the neck has an upper side that faces the strings;
- a plurality of pegs, wherein each of the pegs is connected to a distal end of a different one of the strings;
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- a nut, which is attached to the upper side of the neck, wherein the nut supports the strings such that the strings are substantially parallel with one another, the nut has a front edge close to the distal ends of the strings, a rear edge close to proximal ends of the strings, and a support surface formed between the front edge and the rear edge, the support surface is inclined with respect to the upper side of the neck at a predetermined angle, and the predetermined angle is smaller than an angle of portions of the strings between the pegs and the front edge with respect to the upper side of the neck.
An electric guitar with a tremolo unit, comprising:
- a nut, which is attached to an upper side of a neck, wherein the nut supports strings such that the strings are substantially parallel with one another, the nut has a front edge close to distal ends of the strings and a rear edge close to proximal ends of the strings, and the strings are bent by the nut at the front edge and the rear edge;
- a pad, wherein the pad presses at least one of the strings against the nut;
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- a bolt, wherein the bolt connects the pad to the nut;
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- an elastic member, which is held between the nut and the pad in a compressed state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.