Abstract: The Invention is designed so that it is comfortable to hold, and easy to play for long periods of time without becoming fatigued. There are two different designs that the invention can utilize. Both designs provide for an instrument that is compact, making it comfortable for the musician to reach various parts of the fingerboard while still providing a normal scale fretboard. The first design features one neck, shaped to look like the letter Z. The neck is actually composed of three sections: The first section contains the lower notes of the fretboard, while the second section contains the higher notes. Between these two sections sits a connecting strut that connects the strings via an additional string saddle. This design thus produces uses two separate fretboard areas that are easy to reach, providing comfortable access to a full scale of notes. The second design includes two wholly separate necks, similar to a double neck guitar.

Abstract: The present invention is a system to process online monetary payments between end-users whose payments are dependent on conditional triggers involving future events, such as winning bids/offers in online auctions and online trading exchanges. These methods allow end-users of online auctions and online trading exchanges to send and receive payments directly to one another via online payment processors, without the online auction or online trading exchange becoming involved in payment collection. In the system, bids and offers are backed by actual funds held in reserve, or held in a queue, enabling instantaneous payments upon the close of an event. Thus, a user's winning bid instantly triggers a payment. The auction or trading exchange is not involved as a third party collector of funds, auction sellers avoids overdue, delinquent, and/or abandoned payments, and exchange traders receive instant account settlements.

Abstract: The present invention is a system to process online monetary payments between end-users whose payments are dependent on conditional triggers involving future events, such as winning bids/offers in an auction or a trading exchange. In the system, bids and offers are backed by actual funds which are held in reserve, enabling instantaneous payments upon the close of an event. The system contains methods to be included in online auction and trading exchange software applications. These methods would allow end-users of online auctions and trading exchanges to send and receive payments directly to one another.