Disclosed is a fingerboard protector for stringed musical instruments which demonstrates a novel solution to the problem of fingerboard wear caused by the players fingers making contact with the fingerboard. This physical contact in addition to the natural acidity of the players fingers can wear down the fingerboard creating indentations as well as contaminating the fingerboard with tarnish and grime. In the case of a fretless instrument, the strings are pushed directly into the fingerboard causing wear to occur at a much faster rate. My present invention sets out to solve this problem by creating a fingerboard protector safeguarding it from undesirable wear during normal playing of the instrument. The ease of installation and removal will appeal to musicians who want to protect their instrument as well as give it a new and unique look.

An insert is provided for insertion in a space between a guitar neck and a guitar body to provide for adjustment of the geometric characteristics of the assembled guitar. The insert is configured to allow insertion of the insert body into the space without dismounting the guitar neck from the body. Using scanning of the guitar neck and guitar body mounting points, an exterior surface configuration of the insert can be calculated to yield the desired geometric characteristics.

An insert is provided for insertion in a space between a guitar neck and a guitar body to provide for adjustment of the geometric characteristics of the assembled guitar. The insert is configured to allow insertion of the insert body into the space without dismounting the guitar neck from the body. Using scanning of the guitar neck and guitar body mounting points, an exterior surface configuration of the insert can be calculated to yield the desired geometric characteristics.

A string instrument is disclosed having a body with an air cavity defined by a top plate, a bottom plate, and one or more ribs, a bass bar being secured to an inside surface of the top plate, the bass bar comprising a layup of a plurality of laminates constructed from western red cedar and comprising particular dimensions and placement on the top plate relative to the length of the instrument body.

A string instrument is disclosed having a body with an air cavity defined by a top plate, a bottom plate, and one or more ribs, a bass bar being secured to an inside surface of the top plate, the bass bar comprising a layup of a plurality of laminates constructed from western red cedar and comprising particular dimensions and placement on the top plate relative to the length of the instrument body.

A resonance system for enhancing the acoustic properties of a musical instrument. The musical instrument includes a hollow body including a soundboard, a back, and a side wall positioned between the soundboard and the back of the hollow body, at least one first sound hole positioned in the upper bout and/or waist of the soundboard, and at least one second sound hole positioned in the lower bout of the soundboard.

A resonance system for enhancing the acoustic properties of a musical instrument. The musical instrument includes a hollow body including a soundboard, a back, and a side wall positioned between the soundboard and the back of the hollow body, at least one first sound hole positioned in the upper bout and/or waist of the soundboard, and at least one second sound hole positioned in the lower bout of the soundboard.

An electric stringed musical instrument having a body with a top surface and at least one interior surface, at least two pickup up pockets and at least one control pocket, the pockets connected through a series of channels. A neck is connected to the body and to a headstock. A bridge is connected to the body, at least two pickups are located in the pickup pockets, and at least one control is located in the control pocket. The pickups and controls may be flush mounted with captured screws secured to the interior surface of the body. The neck has may have a width less than 35 mm and includes a fretboard with at least ten spaced frets arranged in a diatonic scale. The neck may include a longitudinal recess for receiving a carbon fiber member permitting the neck to flex perpendicularly to the path of the strings.

An electric stringed musical instrument having a body with a top surface and at least one interior surface, at least two pickup up pockets and at least one control pocket, the pockets connected through a series of channels. A neck is connected to the body and to a headstock. A bridge is connected to the body, at least two pickups are located in the pickup pockets, and at least one control is located in the control pocket. The pickups and controls may be flush mounted with captured screws secured to the interior surface of the body. The neck has may have a width less than 35 mm and includes a fretboard with at least ten spaced frets arranged in a diatonic scale. The neck may include a longitudinal recess for receiving a carbon fiber member permitting the neck to flex perpendicularly to the path of the strings.

A stringed musical instrument is disclosed herein. The stringed instrument comprises a body, a head, a neck, and one or more strings. The neck has a back plate and a cover integrated with the back plate. The back plate comprises a first array of openings and the cover comprises a second array of openings. The first array and second array of openings align to form an array of light housings. Each light housing is configured to house a light (e.g., LEDs). Also disclosed herein is an interactive stringed musical instrument teaching system comprising a stringed instrument and a mobile terminal (e.g., computer). Both the smart stringed instrument and the mobile terminal are in communication via one or more communication modules. The mobile terminal comprises a microphone, a tuning module, a database, a teaching module and a game module. The stringed instrument comprises a main control module, a sound wake-up module, an LED driver module and an LED matrix module.