String locking structure for electric guitar and tailpiece

A string locking structure for an electric guitar in which rear ends of a plurality of strings are locked using a tailpiece attached to a surface of a body of the electric guitar;

• the string locking structure characterized in that:
• the tailpiece is formed with a plurality of first string passing paths and a plurality of second string passing paths, the first string passing paths extending through the tailpiece and parallel to each other, and the second string passing paths extending through the tailpiece and parallel to each other;
• the first string passing paths extend linearly from first front-end openings exposed in a front surface portion of the tailpiece to first rear-end openings exposed in a rear surface portion of the tailpiece, the front surface portion facing toward a head of the electric guitar and the rear surface portion facing an opposite direction from the front surface portion;
• the second string passing paths extend at a curve from second front-end openings exposed in the front surface portion of the tailpiece to second rear-end openings exposed in a bottom surface portion of the tailpiece, the bottom surface portion being in contact with the surface of the body;
• the body is formed with a plurality of parallel body-side string passing holes leading from front surface openings exposed in the surface of the body to rear surface openings exposed in a rear surface of the body;
• the front surface openings of the body-side string passing holes communicate with the respective second rear-end openings of the second string passing paths;
• and
• the strings can be set to one of first and second string-locking modes, wherein
• in the first string-locking mode, the strings are passed through the first string passing paths from a rear side of the tailpiece and ball ends on rear ends of the strings are locked in the first rear-end openings of the first string passing paths, and
• in the second string-locking mode, the strings are passed sequentially through the body-side string passing holes and the second string passing paths from the rear surface side of the body and the ball ends in the rear ends of the strings are locked in the rear surface openings of the body-side string passing holes.