Ajustable bridge for a stringed instrument
OwnerJohn Woodland, Mario Costelloinventors
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Abstract
The present invention provides a reliable, easily adjustable bridge for a string instrument and preferably a guitar and even more preferably a six-string electric guitar. The adjustable bridge of the present invention allows for adjustment of string length using only four intonation adjustment screws.
Claims20
A bridge for supporting the strings of a stringed instrument, the bridge comprising:
- a base member having first and second sidewalls;
- a pair of unitary saddle elements disposed between the first and second sidewalls, each saddle element having a plurality of grooves on its upper surface;
- a saddle element height adjustment means;
- an intonation adjustment means;
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- a mounting means for mounting the base member to the stringed instrument.
A bridge for supporting the strings of a stringed instrument, the bridge comprising:
- a pair of unitary saddle elements, each unitary saddle element having three grooves disposed on its upper surface dividing the element into first, second, third and fourth barrels, the first and fourth barrels adapted to receive a height adjustment screw, the second and third barrels adapted to receive the shank end of an intonation adjustment screw and a swivel;
- a base member having a recessed portion disposed between first and second sidewalls, the recessed portion adapted to receive the pair of unitary saddle elements, wherein the first and second sidewalls are arranged substantially perpendicular to the strings, the first side wall having a radius from about 7 to about 14 inches, and the second side wall having four screw mounting means;
- four intonation adjustment screws mounted in the screw mounting means;
- a swivel disposed in the second and third barrels of each unitary saddle element;
- a pair of height adjustment screws rotatably mounted in the first and fourth barrels of each unitary saddle element;
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- a pair of mounting posts.
A unitary saddle element for supporting the strings of a stringed instrument, the saddle element comprising at least three grooves disposed on the upper surface of the saddle element, the grooves dividing the saddle element into first, second, third and fourth barrel, the first and fourth barrels adapted to receive a height adjustment screw, the second and third barrels adapted to receive an intonation adjustment screw and a swivel.
A mounting post for removably mounting a bridge to the body of a musical instrument comprising an internally threaded barrel element, an externally threaded vented screw and an externally threaded height adjustment screw wherein the externally threaded vented screw removably engages the internally threaded barrel element thereby removably mounting a bridge to the body of a musical instrument.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.