Stringed instrument

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8779257
APP PUB NO 20120144972A1
SERIAL NO

13295919

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A stringed instrument has a body, a neck connected to the body, strings extending from the body to a distal end of the neck, frets on the neck under the strings, and at least one spike between two of the frets and under at least one of the strings. The strings are arranged so that the thickest string and the thinnest string are adjacent to each other.

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BARNES EDWARD DNot Provided

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Barnes, Edward D Port Hadlock, US 1 2

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