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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2008
William Eric Kirkland, Petaluma, CA (US);
Richard M. Lasner, San Rafael, CA (US);
Robert Douglas Mcdonald, Petaluma, CA (US);
William Eric Kirkland, Petaluma, CA (US);
Richard M. Lasner, San Rafael, CA (US);
Robert Douglas McDonald, Petaluma, CA (US);
Korg USA Inc., Melville, NY (US);
Abstract
An ergonomic guitar including a contoured guitar body, a neck attached to the body, and a headstock on the distal end of the neck. A plurality of strings extending from the headstock to the body, a portion of the strings lying on a playing plane over the body. The contoured guitar body includes a front face located on a front or playing side of the body with a front edge extending around the periphery of the front face, and a rear face located on the back of the body and having a rear edge extending around the periphery of the rear face. At least a portion of the rear edge having a concave curvature relative to the playing plane such that the curved portion of the rear edge curves away from the playing plane.