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US 5,467,679 AGranted
Discrete string damper for a guitar
OwnerBradley R. Schmidtinventor
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Abstract
A guitar string damper device includes six discrete damper arms for selectively dampening each string individually. The device universally fits most guitars because it attaches to a standard guitar nut. Employing a staggered arrangement for the damper arms and levers allows a musician to quickly dampen and release individual strings while still playing.
Claims19
A damper device for use on a guitar having a body coupled to a headstock by way of a neck, said guitar having six strings extending from said body, along said neck and attached to said headstock, said damper device comprising:
- a base adapted for attachment to said headstock;
- and
- six dampers corresponding to said six strings, said six dampers being pivotally connected to said base, each of said six dampers having two positions of equilibrium including a closed position and an open position, each of said six dampers being independently repositionable to said closed position and said open position, wherein said closed position and said open position respectively correspond to engagement and disengagement of one of said six dampers with one of said six strings.
A guitar, comprising:
- a body;
- a headstock;
- a nut attached to said headstock;
- six tuning pegs attached to said headstock;
- a neck with one end attached to said body and an opposite end attached to said headstock;
- a plurality of frets on said neck for dividing said neck into a plurality of finger positions with a first finger position being adjacent a first fret and disposed on said headstock;
- a bridge on said body;
- six strings attached to said bridge, extending along said neck, over and spaced apart from said plurality of frets, across said nut, and attached to said six tuning pegs;
- a damper device having a base coupled to said headstock;
- and
- six dampers corresponding to said six strings, said six dampers being pivotally connected to said base about a pivot point situated between said first fret and said tuning pegs, each of said six dampers being independently repositionable between a closed position and an open position, said closed position representing one of said six dampers engaging one of said six strings at a location over said first finger position with a force light enough to keep said one of said six strings spaced apart from said first fret, said open position representing said one of said six dampers disengaged from all of said six strings.
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A guitar, comprising:
- a body;
- a headstock;
- a nut attached to said headstock;
- six tuning pegs attached to said headstock;
- a neck with one end attached to said body and an opposite end attached to said headstock;
- a plurality of frets on said neck for dividing said neck into a plurality of finger positions with a first finger position being adjacent a first fret and disposed on said headstock;
- six strings attached to said body, extending along said neck, over and spaced apart from said plurality of frets, across said nut, and attached to said six tuning pegs, said six strings including a first string and a second string;
- a damper device having a base coupled to said headstock;
- and
- six dampers corresponding to said six strings, said six dampers being pivotally connected to said base about a pivot point situated between said first fret and said tuning pegs, each of said six dampers being independently repositionable between a closed position and an open position, said six dampers include a first damper and a second damper, said closed position of said first damper representing said first damper engaging said first string at a location over said first finger position and exerting a first dampening force against said first string that is light enough to keep said first string spaced apart from said first fret yet larger than a second dampening force applied by said second damper against said second string when said second damper is in said closed position, said open position of said first damper representing said first damper disengaged from said first string.
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