Composite structure for a stringed instrument
OwnerDouglas S. Chaseinventor
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Abstract
A composite structure for a stringed musical instrument or an acoustic guitar. The stringed instrument structure having a one piece neck and body cast of a fiber reinforced single resin matrix. Encapsulated are continuous longitudinal fibers which extend distal to the bridge and nut, encircle the periphery of the neck, intermediately connect the peripheral matrix, and which surround the longitudinal fibers integral with the body and head of the instrument. The acoustic guitar having a fiber reinforced single resin matrix, of which the acoustic chamber is not integral to the region below the playing surface such that the neck does not increase in overall depth until the end of the playing surface.
Claims4
A composite structure for neck and body of a stringed instrument, said instrument having a nut and a bridges said composite structure comprising:
- a fiber reinforced single resin matrix having continuous fibers extend distal to both the nut and the bridge, along the circumference of the structure, extend intermediate to the circumferential orientation, and which surround said structure of fiber to form a body portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.