Electric stringed musical instrument having detachable frame
AssigneeYamaha Corporation
InventorShinya Tamura
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Abstract
An electric double-bass is broken down into a trunk, a detachable framework assembled with the trunk, coupling units provided between the trunk and the detachable framework, accessory parts, strings stretched over the trunk and an electric sound generating system for generating electric tones like acoustic tones of a double-bass, and any resonator is formed in the electric double-bass, wherein a string player disassembles the detachable framework from the trunk for storing the electric double-bass in a case, thereby enhancing the portability of the electric double-bass.
Claims38
A stringed instrument comprising:
- a longitudinally elongated body without a resonator including a neck projecting upwardly from said body;
- strings stretched over said body and said neck;
- a single, integrated framework projecting from both sides of said longitudinal body, said framework being detachable from said body;
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- an electric sound generating system associated with said strings for generating electric tones on the basis of vibrations produced in said strings.
A stringed musical instrument comprising:
- a longitudinally elongated trunk without a resonator;
- a detachable framework sideward projecting from both sides of said longitudinal trunk, said framework having a one-piece, integrated construction when detached;
- at least one coupling unit connecting said detachable framework to said trunk;
- strings stretched over said trunk and independently producing vibrations by a player;
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- an electric sound generating system associated with said strings for producing electric tones on the basis of said vibrations.
A stringed musical instrument comprising:
- a trunk elongated in a first direction;
- a detachable framework projecting from both sides of said elongated trunk in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction, said framework having a one-piece, integrated construction when detached;
- coupling units for connecting said detachable framework to said trunk without forming a resonator;
- a peg box formed in one end portion of said trunk;
- a plurality of pegs supported by said peg box and independently rotatable with respect to said peg box;
- a fingerboard attached to an intermediate portion of said trunk;
- a tail piece connected to the other end portion of said trunk;
- a plurality of strings stretched over said fingerboard between said pegs and said tail piece and independently producing vibrations;
- a nut and a bridge respectively attached to said fingerboard and said trunk so as to pass said strings thereover;
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- an electric sound generating system having a pickup unit supported by said trunk for converting said vibrations to electric signals, an electric circuit connected to said pickup unit for producing an audio signal from said electric signal and a sound system connected to said electric circuit for generating audible tones from said audio signal.
An electrical stringed instrument which provides an illusion of an acoustic stringed instrument having a resonator, said electrical stringed instrument comprising:
- a longitudinally elongated body without said resonator;
- a neck projecting upwardly from said body;
- strings stretched over said body and said neck;
- a framework projecting from both sides of said longitudinal body, said framework being detachable from said body as a unitary piece and providing the illusion of said resonator;
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- an electric sound generating system associated with said strings for generating electric tones on the basis of vibrations produced in said strings.
A stringed musical instrument comprising:
- a body without a resonator and separable into plural parts, selected ones of said plural parts simulating a part of a contour of a body incorporated in an acoustic stringed musical instrument, so as to remind users of an image of said acoustic stringed musical instrument,
- a neck projecting from said body,
- strings stretched over said body and said neck, and
- an electric sound generating system associated with said strings for generating electric tones on the basis of vibrations produced in said strings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.