Stringed instrument
AssigneeMadtown Music, LLC
InventorAnthony Bragg
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Abstract
A stringed instrument having a body including a back surface, a top head portion, and a treble-side. A cutaway can be defined in the body adjacent the top head portion on the treble side, the cutaway defining a cutaway edge. A cutout can be defined in the back surface, the cutout extending from the top head portion along at least a portion of the cutaway edge, the cutout defining a cutout surface. A neck can extend from the body, a portion of the neck disposed on a front side of the top head portion. A neck plate can be disposed on a back side of the top head portion, at least a portion of the neck plate positioned on the cutout surface, wherein the neck plate includes a plate cross section that corresponds to a cross section of the cutout at a location proximate the top head portion.
Claims20
An instrument, comprising:
- a body that includes a back surface, a top head portion, and a treble-side;
- a cutaway defined in the body adjacent the top head portion on the treble-side of the body, the cutaway defining a cutaway edge;
- a cutout defined in the back surface of the body, the cutout extending from the top head portion of the body along at least a portion of the cutaway edge, the cutout defining a cutout surface;
- a neck extending from the body, a portion of the neck disposed on a front side of the top head portion of the body;
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- a neck plate disposed on a back side of the top head portion of the body, at least a portion of the neck plate positioned on the cutout surface;
- wherein the neck plate includes a plate cross section that corresponds to a cross section of the cutout at a location proximate the top head portion of the body.
An instrument, comprising:
- a body that includes a back surface, a top head portion, and a treble-side horn;
- a recessed cutaway defined in the body between the top head portion and the treble-side horn, the recessed cutaway defining a cutaway edge extending from the top head portion of the body to the treble-side horn;
- a cutout defined in the back surface of the body, the cutout extending from the top head portion of the body along at least a portion of the cutaway edge, the cutout defining a cutout surface;
- a neck extending from the body, a portion of the neck disposed on a front side of the top head portion of the body;
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- a neck plate disposed on a back side of the top head portion of the body, at least a portion of the neck plate positioned on the cutout surface;
- wherein the portion of the neck plate positioned in the cutout is shaped to contour the cutout.
An instrument, comprising:
- a body that includes a back surface, a top head portion, and a treble-side horn;
- a recessed cutaway defined in the body between the top head portion and the treble-side horn, the recessed cutaway defining a cutaway edge extending from the top head portion of the body to the treble-side horn;
- a cutout defined in the back surface of the body, the cutout extending from the top head portion of the body along at least a portion of the cutaway edge, the cutout defining a cutout surface;
- a neck extending from the body, a portion of the neck disposed on a front side of the top head portion of the body;
- a neck plate disposed on a back side of the top head portion of the body, at least a portion of the neck plate positioned on the cutout surface;
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- a plurality of bolts extending through the neck plate and the body and into the neck to separably couple the neck plate, the body, and the neck together;
- wherein at least one of the plurality of bolts extends through the cutout surface of the cutout.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.