Neck-body joint for guitar-like instruments
US4027570A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 12, 1975 |
| Grant date | Jun 7, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10D1/08
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
This invention relates to an improved neck-body joint for a guitar-like musical instrument which joint minimizes the possibility of relative movement between the neck and body and permits the neck to be pitched at a desired angle relative to the body without weakening either element. The firm joint is achieved by (a) providing a tongue which extends from the end of the neck and a recess in the upper surface of the endblock, the recess being positioned and sized so as to permit the tongue to fit snugly therein and be secured therein when the neck and body are fully assembled; (b) providing a dove-tail projecton on the end of the neck which mates with a dove-tail channel formed at the mating end of the headblock and (c) reinforcing the body at a point substantially under the last fret of the fingerboard, such reinforcing being accomplished by securing first and second reinforcing bars respectively to the inside surfaces of the soundboard and the bottom board of the body at the point under the last fret with these bars extending from one sidewall of the body to the other, and attaching reinforcing bars to each of the sidewalls, the bars extending between and being connected to both th…
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