Guitar neck attachment structure
AssigneeYamaha Corporation
InventorsOsamu Ito, Kiyoshi Minakuchi
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Abstract
In an attachment structure for attaching a neck to a guitar body, particularly an electric guitar body, a connecting portion is formed at a heel portion of the neck, and this connecting plate is engaged with an engagement recess formed in the backside of the guitar body and fastened in place by fastening screws. The pickup units are installed on the guitar body from the backside so as to positionally correspond to the connecting portion of the neck. One end of a balance spring is connected to the tremolo mechanism disposed on the guitar body and another end of the balance spring is connected to the connecting plate of the neck.
Claims6
A guitar neck attachment structure, wherein a neck of guitar is provided with a connecting portion disposed at a heel portion of said neck, with said connecting portion fastened to an underside of a guitar body of said guitar, a tremolo mechanism is provided on said guitar body, and a balance spring is provided between said tremolo mechanism and said connecting portion of said neck so that an end of said balance spring coupled to said tremolo mechanism and another end of said balance wring is directly connected to said connecting portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.