Electric stringed musical instrument and method of designing the same

A method of designing an electric stringed musical instrument comprising:

• a string which vibrates by a performance operation;
• a body which supports the string via a bridge;
• a pickup sensor mounted on a portion which vibrates by a vibration of the string, the pickup sensor being configured to detect a vibration having propagated from the string and output an electric signal;
• a supporter having a spring structure which supports the bridge with respect to the body;
• and a damper mounted on a portion which vibrates by a vibration of the string, the damper being configured to damp a vibration of the bridge, the method comprising designing a mass of components around the bridge, a spring constant of the supporter, losses due to the bridge and the supporter, a mass of the damper, a spring constant of the damper, and a loss due to the damper such that two peaks appear in vibration characteristics of the electric stringed musical instrument, wherein the two peaks respectively correspond to two peaks appearing in vibration characteristics of an acoustic stringed musical instrument.