String Changing Device For Bigsby Tailpieces
OwnerSteve Hunter, Karen Hunterinventors
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Abstract
A method and devices for changing and dampening guitar strings are disclosed. The string changing device comprises a flexible urethane foam having trapezoidal sides so that the front face of the device can be inserted into the space between the Bigsby tailpiece and a front face of a guitar to temporarily hold at least one eyelet of a guitar string onto a pin of the Bigsby tailpiece while a guitar string installer is installing a string on a headstock tuning peg.
Claims3
A string changing device for Bigsby tailpieces, the device comprising:
- a foam block comprising:
- (a) a top rectangular face comprising a width no longer than 58 mm;
- (b) a bottom rectangular face comprising a width no longer than 58 mm;
- (c) a front rectangular face comprising a width no longer than 58 mm and a height no greater than 8 mm;
- (d) a back rectangular face comprising a width no longer than 58 mm and a height at least 19 mm;
- and
- (e) a pair of trapezoidal side faces,
- the foam block configured to slide into the space between the Bigsby tailpiece and a front face of a guitar to temporarily hold at least one eyelet of a guitar string onto a pin of the Bigsby tailpiece.
A string changing device for Bigsby tailpieces, the device comprising:
- a foam block comprising:
- (a) a top rectangular face comprising a width no greater than 53 mm and a height no greater than 8 mm;
- (b) a rectangular flat surface of no greater than 22 mm in depth at the deepest topside end then dropping down to the narrow end;
- (c) a bottom rectangular face comprising a width no greater than 53 mm;
- (d) a front rectangular face comprising a width no greater than 53 mm;
- (e) a back rectangular face comprising a width no greater than 53 mm and a height at least 25 mm;
- and
- (f) a pair of side faces,
- to foam block configured to slide into the space between the Bigsby tailpiece and a front face of a guitar to temporarily hold at least one eyelet of a guitar string onto a pin of the Bigsby tailpiece.
A method for string changing and dampening of a guitar having a Bigsby tailpiece, comprising the steps of:
- (1) inserting a foam block into the space between the Bigsby tailpiece and a front face of the guitar to temporarily hold at least one eyelet of a guitar string onto a pin of the Bigsby tailpiece, the foam block having:
- (a) a top rectangular face comprising a width no greater than 53 mm and a height no greater than 8 mm;
- (b) a rectangular flat surface of no greater than 22 mm in depth at the deepest topside end then dropping down to the narrow end;
- (c) a bottom rectangular face comprising a width no greater than 53 mm;
- (d) a front rectangular face comprising a width no greater than 53 mm;
- (e) a back rectangular face comprising a width no greater than 53 mm and a height at least 25 mm;
- and
- (f) a pair of side faces, and
- (2) installing a string on a headstock tuning peg with a guitar string installer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.