Abstract

Provided is a modular string instrument including a core string instrument and interchangeable instrument body types. The core including: a core shell forming a basic shape of the core string instrument, a string instrument head, a neck base, a chassis assembly configured to be inserted into the core shell, extending from the head to the neck base and comprising a strings anchoring bridge, a plastic fret board configured to have frets attached thereon, the fret board configured to cover the core shell and to encase the chassis assembly within the core shell, a neck base cover configured to be attached to the neck base, a pickup cassette bay configured to encase an interchangeable pickup cassette, and strings stretched from the bridge over the pickup cassette bay, over the neck base to the head.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10D 1/08 - Guitars
• G10D 3/04 - Bridges
• G10D 3/095 - Details of removable or collapsible necks, e.g. suitable for transport or storage
• G10D 3/12 - Anchoring devices for strings, e.g. tail pieces or hitchpins
• G10D 3/14 - Tuning devices, e.g. pegs, pins, friction discs or worm gears
• G10D 3/22 - Material for manufacturing stringed musical instrumentsTreatment of the material
• G10G 5/00 - Supports for musical instruments
• G10H 3/18 - Instruments in which the tones are generated by electromechanical means using mechanical resonant generators, e.g. strings or percussion instruments, the tones of which are picked up by electromechanical transducers, the electrical signals being further manipulated or amplified and subsequently converted to sound by a loudspeaker or equivalent device using mechanically actuated vibrators with pick-up means using strings, e.g. electric guitars

Abstract

Provided is a modular string instrument including a core string instrument and interchangeable instrument body types. The core including: a core shell forming a basic shape of the core string instrument, a string instrument head, a neck base, a chassis assembly configured to be inserted into the core shell, extending from the head to the neck base and comprising a strings anchoring bridge, a plastic fret board configured to have frets attached thereon, the fret board configured to cover the core shell and to encase the chassis assembly within the core shell, a neck base cover configured to be attached to the neck base, a pickup cassette bay configured to encase an interchangeable pickup cassette, and strings stretched from the bridge over the pickup cassette bay, over the neck base to the head.

IPC Classes  ?

• G10D 1/08 - Guitars
• G10D 3/06 - NecksFingerboards, e.g. fret boards
• G10D 3/14 - Tuning devices, e.g. pegs, pins, friction discs or worm gears