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Patent for sale: adjustable neck-angle joint for guitar
The patent cerfificate is given by the Hellenic (Greek) Industrial Property Organization (WIPO member).
Hellenic patent: GR-1006625International application (PCT) : PCT/GR2009/000067Priority date: December 16th, 2008
The International Search Report of the International Searching Authority (PCT) rated the invention as a category A' in all levels (Novelty, Inventive step, Industrial applicability)
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FOR STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
(Patent GR-1006625 - PCT/GR2009/000067)
This invention is directed to a new method of the joint between the body of a guitar like musical instrument and its neck (neck joint).
The Adjustable Neck-Angle Joint is actually a bolt-on neck joint which includes all the benefits of the bolt-on joint, like the easy neck replacement in case of damage or repair, and most of the benefits of the set-neck joint, like the use of a Tune O Matic (TOM) or a wraparound bridge etc.
The ANAJ uses two similar cylindrical shapes in the place that the neck joins with the body, one on each part. The cylindrical shape on the neck is an exact opposite of the cylindrical shape of the body. Several types of screws can be used to hold the neck in place and secure the joint at the desired angle between the body (upper surface) and the neck. The number and the type of the screws depend on the wanted strength of the joint.
This neck angle variation produces a lot of benefits. Some of them are the following:
Easier instrument setup because the height - spacing between the strings and the fingerboard, often referred to as action , can be adjusted not only by a bridge or saddle setting but also by changing the angle of the neck joint, either by tilting the neck downwardly to the instrument body for a lower action or upwardly for a higher action . This is giving the ability to maintain the height of the instrument bridge which is very useful for acoustic instruments like acoustic guitars, mandolins etc.
The spacing between the strings and the upper surface of body, as well as the asked force on the top an acoustic musical instrument or the body of an electric musical instrument can be regulated according to the player s personal preferences and the desirable resonance. This gives the ability to increase/decrease the tension asked by the strings to the top of an acoustic guitar-like, a hollow body electric guitar-like instrument etc by increasing/decreasing the angle between the surface (top) of the instrument and the neck. The bridge can be positioned higher/lower (if possible, such as in hollow body electrics/ jazz type guitars) or the bridge bone can be replaced with a higher/lower one (acoustic guitars) without any action setup problems. The change of the tension asked produces different vibrations at the top and the chamber of the instrument changing its resonance and its voicing.
Good instrument quality because the in joint surfaces form a wide contact area between the neck and the body, even when a neck angle is featured, giving a very good vibration and oscillation transmission that makes the instrument very resonant.
The ability to use different bridge types on the same instrument (see images)
Cost savings because the instrument user-player has all these alternative preferences to choose from without the need to have a different instrument for each different preference.
With this invention as a base, an entirely new musical instrument product line can be produced. New products can run into the musical instrument market.
All these new things in the stringed musical instrument manufacturing, as well as the fact that this invention can be applicable at almost every stringed musical instrument, make this invention a really good investment opportunity.
Complete PCT request (description, claims, abstract, figures) and the Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority are available upon request.
Hellenic Patent Certificate available upon request
Complete presentation of a prototype electric guitar featuring the Adjustable Neck-Angle Joint (see immages) available upon request.
