STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT WITH FRETS THAT ARE JOINED TOGETHER AND DIVIDE THE FINGERBOARD INTO INDEPENDENT DETACHABLE PIECES

Abstract

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.

Claims

1. Stringed musical instrument characterised by the inclusion along the length of its neck (4) of an elongated structure (FIG. 1) formed by a collection of perpendicular lengths (1), connected to each other, which divide the fingerboard into independent fragments (3), separable from that structure.

2. Stringed musical instrument in accordance with claim 1 characterised by the elongated structure (FIG. 1) being manufactured in a single piece.

3. Stringed musical instrument in accordance with claim 1 characterised by the elongated structure (FIG. 1) being manufactured in a metal material or a metal alloy.

4. Stringed musical instrument in accordance with claim 1 characterised by the elongated structure (FIG. 1) having a length longer than the neck (4) and reaching the body (6) and/or head stock (5) of the instrument.

5. Stringed musical instrument in accordance with claim 1 characterised by the independent fragments of the fingerboard (3) sectioned by perpendicular lengths (1) being manufactured in a material different to that of the elongated structure (FIG. 1).

6. Stringed musical instrument in accordance with claim 5 characterised by the independent fragments of the fingerboard (3) being manufactured in wood.

7. Stringed musical instrument in accordance with claim 1 characterised by the independent fragments of the fingerboard (3) being connected to each other in such a manner that they can be inserted into and extracted from the elongated structure (FIG. 1) as a single piece.

8. Stringed musical instrument in accordance with claim 1 characterised by the elongated structure (FIG. 1) including a longitudinal T bar (2) along its back.

9. Stringed musical instrument in accordance with claim 8 characterised by the longitudinal bar (2) incorporating a core that allows the angle of the neck (4) to be adjusted and to counteract the tension caused by the strings of the instrument.

10. Stringed musical instrument in accordance with claim 1 characterised by that instrument consisting of an acoustic plucked string instrument.

11. Stringed musical instrument in accordance with claim 1 characterised by that instrument consisting of an electric plucked string instrument.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0030] This report contains a series of figures with the purpose of facilitating the examiner's and the public's understanding of the described invention for which protection is claimed, which should be taken as mere examples and not limited in nature.

[0031] FIG. 1 represents an embodiment of the elongated structure to which we refer in this description, revealing the perpendicular lengths (1) and the longitudinal T bar (2), placed along the back of the structure, into which the core of the instrument can be placed.

[0032] FIG. 2 represents an embodiment of the elongated structure that shows how the independent fragments of the fingerboard would be placed (3), sectioned by the perpendicular lengths (1) and the longitudinal bar placed on the back of the structure (2); as well as the elongated structure itself incorporated in the neck (4) of a stringed instrument.

[0033] FIG. 3 represents an embodiment of a stringed musical instrument, in this case a guitar, whose neck (4) and part of its body (6) incorporate the elongated structure to which we refer in this description, whose length does not reach the head stock (5) of the instrument.

[0034] FIG. 4 represents an embodiment of the elongated structure seen from behind, in which the full length of the longitudinal T bar (2) can be seen.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

[0035] An example of preferred embodiment of the invention is an electric guitar (FIG. 3), which includes the elongated structure (FIG. 1) manufactured in Zicral, an aluminium alloy, also known as Ergal or Fortal Constructal, and which forms a single piece.

[0036] In the preferred embodiment of the invention the elongated structure (FIG. 1) has been developed in a metal material to facilitate the dispersion of the sound produced by the electric instrument.

[0037] In the preferred embodiment of the invention the elongated structure (FIG. 1) contains a series of perpendicular lengths (1) of a sufficient height to meet the surface of the fragments of the fingerboard (3) that is sectioned by the lengths, so that they function as the frets of the instrument.

[0038] In the preferred embodiment of the invention one of the ends of the elongated structure (FIG. 1) reaches the body (6) of the instrument and is incorporated into it, but the opposite end does not reach the head stock (5) of the instrument.

[0039] In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the independent fragments of the fingerboard (3) are of wood, and the elongated structure (FIG. 1) includes a longitudinal T bar (2) on its back, into which the core can be placed, even though in the preferred embodiment it has not been included.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION

[0040] It is considered that the invention for which protection is claimed has clear industrial application as it is perfectly manufacturable or useable in the music industry in order to provide better sound capacity of stringed instruments.

[0041] It is considered that this description is sufficiently clear and precise in order for an expert in the field to understand the scope of the invention and execute it. The terms used in the drafting of this description must be taken in the broadest sense and never limited, and the invention may be used in practice in different forms to that of the preferred embodiment described by way of example, all of which will be covered by the protection claimed, provided they do not modify or alter the basic principle.