Abstract: An electric stringed musical instrument having a body with a top surface and at least one interior surface, at least two pickup up pockets and at least one control pocket, the pockets connected through a series of channels. A neck is connected to the body and to a headstock. A bridge is connected to the body, at least two pickups are located in the pickup pockets, and at least one control is located in the control pocket. The pickups and controls may be flush mounted with captured screws secured to the interior surface of the body. The neck has may have a width less than 35 mm and includes a fretboard with at least ten spaced frets arranged in a diatonic scale. The neck may include a longitudinal recess for receiving a carbon fiber member permitting the neck to flex perpendicularly to the path of the strings.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 25, 2021
Date of Patent:
January 3, 2023
Assignee:
STRUMCASTER, LLC
Inventors:
Kevin Michael Baird, Phillip Brian Taylor
Abstract: An electric stringed musical instrument having a body with a top surface and at least one interior surface, at least two pickup up pockets and at least one control pocket, the pockets connected through a series of channels. A neck is connected to the body and to a headstock. A bridge is connected to the body, at least two pickups are located in the pickup pockets, and at least one control is located in the control pocket. The pickups and controls may be flush mounted with captured screws secured to the interior surface of the body. The neck has may have a width less than 35 mm and includes a fretboard with at least ten spaced frets arranged in a diatonic scale. The neck may include a longitudinal recess for receiving a carbon fiber member permitting the neck to flex perpendicularly to the path of the strings.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 25, 2021
Publication date:
September 29, 2022
Applicant:
STRUMCASTER, LLC
Inventors:
Kevin Michael Baird, Phillip Brian Taylor