Electric bass guitar incorporating fine-tuning and string length-adjusting means
US4549460A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 6, 1983 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 6, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10D3/14
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An electric bass guitar incorporating combination string-adjustment, fine-tuning, and bridge-elements. The bridge-elements are accurately adjustable to any position, and are so constructed and related that the lateral positions of the strings will be determined with great precision, regardless of the adjusted position of the saddles. Fine-tuning screws are interposed between the saddles and an anchor wall which both anchors the strings and anchors the ends of adjustment elements for the saddles. The strings are confined closely in vertical slots so that they may not move laterally but may move vertically as fine-tuning occurs. The fine-tuning screws engage the string portions in the slots.
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