Tone control member and tone-controlled functional acoustic guitar
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Aug 29, 2017
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Nov 25, 2014
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a tone-controlled functional acoustic guitar that prevents a body from being deformed to avoid the changes in sound, increases sound transmission, finely adjusts tone fields in accordance with a player or user's selection, and has a specific structure on a head thereof to suppress bending on a neck caused by the tension of strings. According to the present invention, the tone-controlled functional acoustic guitar includes: a body having a top plate, a bottom plate and a side plate connecting the top plate and the bottom plate with each other; a neck fixed to one side of the body; a head disposed at the end portion of the neck; and a tone control member detachably mounted at the inside of the body in such a manner as to be controlled in length to support a space between the top plate and the bottom plate of the body, wherein the tone control member includes: a contacting and moving member; and height control means expandably and contractably moving the contacting and moving member.
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- 15 United States
- 10 France
- 8 Japan
- 7 China
- 5 Korea
- 2 Other
Patent Owner(s)
Patent Owner | Address | |
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GOPHERWOOD CO LTD | (HOEJEONGDONG) B DONG 1F 41-1 PYEONGHWA-RO 1597 BEON-GIL YANGJU-SI GYEONGGI-DO 11439 |
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- 2014 Application Filing Year
- G10D Class
- 195 Applications Filed
- 177 Patents Issued To-Date
- 90.77 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Lee, Kyu Hun | Seoul, KR | 4 | 12 |
# of filed Patents : 4 Total Citations : 12 |
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