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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Osamu Ito, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kiyoshi Minakuchi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
Yamaha Corporation, Shizuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 3/00 ;
Abstract
In an attachment structure for attaching a neck to a guitar body, particularly an electric guitar body, a connecting portion is formed at a heel portion of the neck, and this connecting plate is engaged with an engagement recess formed in the backside of the guitar body and fastened in place by fastening screws. The pickup units are installed on the guitar body from the backside so as to positionally correspond to the connecting portion of the neck. One end of a balance spring is connected to the tremolo mechanism disposed on the guitar body and another end of the balance spring is connected to the connecting plate of the neck.