Curved tremolo arm
OwnerCharles E. Butterworth, IIIinventor
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Abstract
A tremolo bar formed as a single curved rod having a handle portion with a first curved U-shaped loop, a second U-shaped loop, and a root portion for attachment of the root portion to a bridge system of a guitar. The U-shaped loops provide a secure means for a user to hold and operate the handle portion with one or more fingers continuously while playing the strings of the guitar without interference from the holding and operating of the handle. A user can insert or hook a finger into the loops to hold and operate the handle. The looped handle eliminates the need for the user to grasp and release the handle repeatedly during the course of picking and strumming the strings while performing.
Claims16
A tremolo bar, comprising a rod having a handle portion with a first U-shaped loop and a second U-shaped loop and having a root portion for attachment of said root portion to a bridge system of a guitar, wherein both of said U-shaped loops provide a secure means for a user to hold and operate said handle portion with one or more fingers continuously while playing the strings of the guitar, said second U-shaped loop having an enclosure arm which encloses, or partially encloses, an open end of said first U-shaped loop to further secure a finger of a user within said first U-shaped loop.
A tremolo bar, comprising:
- a) a rod having a root portion and a handle portion wherein said handle portion is in a plane approximately perpendicular to the plane of said root portion;
- b) said handle portion having a first leg extending from said root portion and extending to form a second leg, thereby forming a first U-shaped loop having a base and an open end;
- c) said second leg extending from said first leg to form a third leg, thereby forming a second U-shaped loop having a base and an open end;
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- d) said third leg extending from said second leg towards said base of said first U-shaped loop, thereby forming an enclosure over said opening of said second U-shaped loop.
A tremolo bar handle adapter, comprising a sleeve with a U-shaped loop attached thereto, said sleeve having a screw to reversibly fasten said sleeve to a tremolo bar handle, wherein said U-shaped loop provides a secure means for a user to hold and operate said tremolo bar handle continuously while playing the strings of a guitar.
A kit for replacing or modifying a tremolo bar of a guitar, comprising:
- a) a tremolo bar comprising a rod having a handle portion with a first U-shaped loop and a second U-shaped loop and having a root portion for attachment of said root portion to a bridge system of a guitar, wherein both of said U-shaped loops provide a secure means for a user to hold and operate said handle portion with one or more fingers continuously while playing the strings of the guitar;
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- b) a tremolo bar handle adapter comprising a sleeve with a U-shaped loop attached thereto, said sleeve having a screw to reversibly fasten said sleeve to a tremolo bar handle, wherein said U-shaped loop provides a secure means for a user to hold and operate said tremolo bar handle continuously while playing the strings of a guitar.
A kit for replacing or modifying a tremolo bar of a guitar, comprising:
- 1) a tremolo bar, comprising:
- a) a rod having a root portion and a handle portion wherein said handle portion is in a plane approximately perpendicular to the plane of said root portion;
- b) said handle portion having a first leg extending from said root portion and extending to form a second leg, thereby forming a first U-shaped loop having a base and an open end;
- c) said second leg extending from said first leg to form a third leg, thereby forming a second U-shaped loop having a base and an open end;
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- d) said third leg extending from said second leg towards said base of said first U-shaped loop, thereby forming an enclosure over said opening of said second U-shaped loop;
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- 2) a tremolo bar handle adapter comprising a sleeve with a U-shaped loop attached thereto, said sleeve having a screw to reversibly fasten said sleeve to a tremolo bar handle, wherein said U-shaped loop provides a secure means for a user to hold and operate said tremolo bar handle continuously while playing the strings of a guitar.
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