String locking structure for electric guitar and tailpiece

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9018501
APP PUB NO 20140174275A1
SERIAL NO

14240773

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A string locking structure for an electric guitar is provided with a first string passing path and a second string passing path that are formed in a tailpiece, and a body-side string passing hole that is formed in a body. The first string passing path is a through-hole extending from a front surface part to a rear surface part of a tailpiece body member. A first half part of the second string passing path is a path shared with a first half part of the first string passing path, and a latter half part thereof is a through-hole curved at a right angle and leading to a bottom surface part of the tailpiece body member and communicates with the body-side string passing hole. Each string can be locked in two modes: a first string locked mode in which the string is passed through the first string passing path of the tailpiece and locked, and a second string locked mode in which the string is passed by way of the tailpiece attached to the surface of the body from the back surface side of the body.

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FUJIGEN INCMATSUMOTO-SHI NAGANO 399-0014

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kuroiwa, Shinichi Nagano, JP 1 4
Tanabe, Kazuma Nagano, JP 1 4

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