Electric stringed musical instrument and method of designing the same

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PATENT NO 9117430
APP PUB NO 20140196595A1
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14154884

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An electric stringed musical instrument including: a string which vibrates by a performance operation; a body which supports the string via a bridge; a pickup sensor mounted on a portion which vibrates by a vibration of the string, the pickup sensor being configured to detect a vibration having propagated from the string and output an electric signal; and a supporter having a spring structure which supports the bridge with respect to the body to bring a vibration characteristic of the electric stringed musical instrument closer to a vibration characteristic of one acoustic stringed musical instrument.

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YAMAHA CORPORATIONHAMAMATSU-SHI SHIZUOKA 430-8650

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Suenaga, Yuichiro Hamamatsu, JP 29 227
Tamura, Shinya Hamamatsu, JP 21 233

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