Slide guitar

A method for adjusting the string height of a stringed musical instrument, the stringed musical instrument having a body, a headstock, and a neck interconnecting the headstock and the body, and a nut on the neck for providing support for the strings, further comprising the steps of:

• a) providing an assembly capable of being mounted in the neck,
• the assembly being configured to raise and lower strings of the stringed instrument;
• b) providing a housing in the assembly, the housing having a channel therein;
• c) providing a receptacle on an upper surface of the housing for receiving a nut;
• d) providing a sliding member within the housing having an upper sloped surface on which a bottom of the nut can rest, wherein the sliding member is movable within the channel;
• e) attaching an adjustment member to a bottom of the sliding member;
• and,
• f) moving the adjustment member rearwardly and forwardly along with the sliding member to raise and lower the nut riding on the sloped surface to raise and lower the strings for producing different string actions of the stringed instrument.

A stringed musical instrument comprising an apparatus for adjusting string height of a stringed instrument, the stringed instrument having a body, a headstock, and a neck interconnecting the headstock and the body, comprising:

• a) a cutout in a portion of the neck;
• b) an assembly mounted in said cutout configured to raise and lower strings of the stringed instrument;
• c) said assembly comprising a housing, said housing attached at a first end thereof to the neck for enclosing said cutout;
• d) a nut providing support for said strings, said nut mounted on said housing;
• e) a sliding member disposed within said housing, said sliding member having an upper sloped surface on which a bottom of said nut rests;
• f) an adjustment member attached to a bottom of said sliding member and extending down through said cutout and extending out a bottom side of the headstock;
• and,
• g) said adjustment member being movable rearwardly and forwardly along with said sliding member to raise and lower said nut riding on said sloped surface to raise and lower the strings for producing different string actions of the stringed musical instrument.

A method for adjusting string height of a stringed musical instrument, the stringed instrument having a body, a headstock, and a neck interconnecting the headstock and the body, comprising the steps:

• a) providing a cutout in a portion of the neck;
• b) mounting an assembly in the cutout configured to raise and lower strings of the stringed instrument;
• c) providing a housing in the assembly, the housing attached at a first end thereof to the neck for enclosing the cutout;
• d) providing a nut to support the strings, the nut mounted on the housing;
• e) providing a sliding member within the housing, the sliding member having an upper sloped surface on which a bottom of the nut rests;
• f) providing an adjustment member attached to a bottom of the sliding member and extending down through the cutout and extending out a bottom side of the headstock;
• and,
• g) moving the adjustment member rearwardly and forwardly along with the sliding member to raise and lower the nut riding on the sloped surface to raise and lower the strings for producing different string actions of the stringed instrument.

A stringed musical instrument comprising an apparatus for adjusting bridge type and bridge height of a stringed instrument, comprising:

• a) a base for being mounted to a front of the stringed instrument, said base defining an elongated receptacle disposed substantially transversely to the strings;
• b) a bridge shaft, said bridge shaft being elongated and being rotatably disposed in said receptacle, said bridge shaft having first and second bridge portions for instantly changing the bridge type and bridge height while supporting the strings, thereby instantly raising or lowering the strings at the bridge wherein said second bridge portion is configured to instantly elevate the strings higher than said first bridge portion in a relatively flat string plane;
• and said first bridge portion is configured to instantly lower the strings at the bridge in a radiused or more curved string plane, and,
• c) wherein said bridge shaft rotates between first and second positions, whereas in said first position said first bridge portion is disposed on the top for supporting the strings, whereas in said second position said second bridge portion is disposed on the top for supporting the strings.

A method for adjusting bridge type and bridge height of a stringed instrument, comprising the steps of:

• a) providing a base mounted to a front of the stringed instrument, the base defining an elongated receptacle disposed substantially transversely to the strings;
• b) a bridge shaft, said bridge shaft being elongated and being rotatably disposed in said receptacle, said bridge shaft having first and second bridge portions for instantly changing bridge type and bridge height while supporting the strings, thereby instantly raising or lowering the strings at the bridge wherein the second bridge portion is configured to instantly elevate the strings higher than said first bridge portion in a relatively flat string plane;
• and said first bridge portion is configured to instantly lower the strings at the bridge in a radiused or more curved string plane,
• c) wherein said bridge shaft rotates between first and second portions, whereas in the first position the first bridge portion is disposed on the top for supporting the strings, whereas in the second position the second bridge portion is disposed on the top for supporting the strings.