Curved top solid body guitar
OwnerNed Steinbergerinventor
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Abstract
A stringed musical instrument includes a solid body having a length and a width. The body has a top surface shaped so that a widthwise cross section through the body intersects the top surface along a line defining a continuous convex curve, and so that a lengthwise cross section through the body intersects the top surface along a straight line. A wood veneer layer is bonded to the top surface.
Claims12
A guitar, comprising:
- a body having length and a width and having a front surface, said front surface being shaped so that a cross section through said body across said width at any and all points along said length of said body intersects said front surface along a line defining a curve which is continuously convex and so that all lengthwise cross sections through said body intersect said front surface along a straight line ending at a distinct break line at each end of said straight line, and said body having a back surface at least a portion of which defines a flat planar surface.
A guitar comprising a body having a front surface, said front surface having a length and a width, said front surface being shaped so that a cross section through said body across said width at any and all points along said length of said front surface, intersects said front surface along a line defining an arc of constant radius, and so that all lengthwise cross sections through said body intersecting said front surface intersect said front surface along a straight line, and said body having a back surface at least a portion of which defines a flat planar surface.
A method of manufacturing a stringed musical instrument, comprising:
- molding a plastic body having a forward facing a peripheral edge which defines an arc of constant radius of a cylinder having a longitudinal axis parallel to a length of said body.
A guitar, comprising:
- a molded plastic body having a forward facing peripheral edge which defines an arc of constant radius of a cylinder having a longitudinal axis parallel to a length of said body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.