Neckless lap guitar
OwnerDavid L. Sewellinventor
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Abstract
A neckless guitar including a guitar body forming a tear shaped acoustic chamber. The guitar includes a peg head with at least one receiving slot for a tuning key. The peg head is directly attached to the top end of the acoustic chamber such that no neck-region is formed. The neckless guitar has a fret board, a saddle assembly and a nut assembly, at least one tuning key and at least one string that originates at the saddle assembly, passes over the fret board and through or over the nut assembly, and is connected to the tuning key. In one embodiment, the neckless guitar has an attachment assembly for removably connecting the guitar body and the peg head. The attachment assembly includes a peg head block positioned at the top end of the body. A gusset on the peg head couples the peg head block and the peg head.
Claims15
A neckless guitar, comprising:
- a tear-shaped guitar body, having a top end, a bottom end, a first surface having an opening, a second surface substantially parallel to the first surface, and a side connecting the first surface to the second surface, whereby a hollow, tear-shaped acoustic chamber is formed;
- a fret board mounted on the first surface and positioned between the opening and the top end of the body;
- a saddle assembly mounted on the first surface;
- a nut assembly mounted on the top end of the chamber;
- a peg head mounted on the top end of the body and having at least one receiving slot;
- at least one tuning key passing through the receiving slot;
- and
- at least one string connected at one end to the saddle assembly and connected at its opposite end to the tuning key after passing over or through the nut assembly.
A neckless guitar having a guitar body connected to a peg head by means of an attachment assembly, the attachment assembly comprising:
- a peg head block, wherein the block is positioned on the top end of the body;
- a peg head;
- and
- a gusset by which the peg head is coupled to the block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.