A string instrument has a neck attached to a body and extending outwardly therefrom. The body has a top plate joined to a bottom plate by a continuous rib forming an interior volume therebetween. A tailpiece is joined to the body. The tailpiece has tubular string bores. Each string bore has an entrance for receiving a string therein and an exit from which the string emerges and extends to the neck. At least one the exits has a cross-sectional shape in which a length of a major axis of the cross-sectional shape is greater than a length of a minor axis of the cross-sectional shape.

A string instrument has a neck attached to a body and extending outwardly therefrom. The body has a top plate joined to a bottom plate by a continuous rib forming an interior volume therebetween. A tailpiece is joined to the body. The tailpiece has tubular string bores. Each string bore has an entrance for receiving a string therein and an exit from which the string emerges and extends to the neck. At least one the exits has a cross-sectional shape in which a length of a major axis of the cross-sectional shape is greater than a length of a minor axis of the cross-sectional shape.

A training device for acquiring or maintaining muscle memory and fingertip callouses of a stringed instrument player. The device includes an elongated base plate structure having a width dimension like that of a neck of a stringed instrument and a length dimension configured to accommodate a plurality of fret-like lateral spaced protrusions extending above a top surface of the base plate. First and second sets of string supports are arranged respectively at the longitudinal ends of the base plate and arranged to hold device strings in tension above the top surface. An attachment structure may be provided for attaching the device to the person of the player in a ready-to-use position. The device is configured so that the player can strum the device strings to develop or maintain muscle memory and/or fingertip callouses.

The invention refers to a stringed musical instrument that is characterised by the inclusion, along the length of the neck of the instrument, of an elongated structure formed by a series of lengths perpendicular to the neck and the structure, which are connected to each other and that divide the fingerboard into independent separable fragments of that structure, and which in the preferred embodiment of the invention, function as frets.

The invention refers to a stringed musical instrument that is characterised by the inclusion, along the length of the neck of the instrument, of an elongated structure formed by a series of lengths perpendicular to the neck and the structure, which are connected to each other and that divide the fingerboard into independent separable fragments of that structure, and which in the preferred embodiment of the invention, function as frets.

A modular musical device comprising a removable soundboard.

A training device for acquiring or maintaining muscle memory and fingertip callouses of a stringed instrument player. The device includes an elongated base plate structure having a width dimension like that of a neck of a stringed instrument and a length dimension configured to accommodate a plurality of fret-like lateral spaced protrusions extending above a top surface of the base plate. First and second sets of string supports are arranged respectively at the longitudinal ends of the base plate and arranged to hold device strings in tension above the top surface. An attachment structure may be provided for attaching the device to the person of the player in a ready-to-use position. The device is configured so that the player can strum the device strings to develop or maintain muscle memory and/or fingertip callouses.

Method and apparatus for a capo for a fretted instrument with a plurality of strings. The capo base having been bent into a u-shape, with a barrier of Velcro on the bottom side where the capo contacts on the strings, protecting them, also said Velcro will not let the strings move laterally, out of tune. Having also Velcro on the inside of the rear of the capo to protect the finish on the instruments' side. The capo covers two adjacent frets, pressing the body of the capo to the frets and not to the fretboard, eliminating excessive string sharpness. The capo having a thumbnut on the bottom to tighten the capo down on the strings.

The disclosure seeks to describe a system and method for transmitting acoustic energy to a listener. The system includes a flexible pick-up, at least one acoustic energy transmisson member and at least one audio output. The flexible pick-up has an interior, at least one opening, and is configured for compression against strings of a stringed instrument for direct energizing by the strings. The at least one acoustic energy transmission member has a first end coupled to the interior of the pick-up through the opening. The at least one audio output is mounted on a second end of the energy transmission member and is configured to transmit acoustic energy therefrom to a listener.

A musical instrument slide for a stringed instrument and a method of manufacturing the same includes a slide body defining an outer wall, the outer wall configured to affect sound produced by the instrument when applied to one or more strings of the instrument. The slide includes an inner wall within the slide body creating a space between the slide body and the inner wall and further includes fluid, slurry or the like within the space between the slide body and the inner wall, which may further affect the sound produced by the instrument when the outer wall is applied to a string. A removable collar may be included with an aperture or opening that may vary in size to accommodate multiple users.