Music – Instruments – Stringed
Patent
1987-06-24
1988-12-27
Franklin, Lawrence R.
Music
Instruments
Stringed
84267, G10D 108
Patent
active
047932368
ABSTRACT:
A self-aligning neck joint for releasably securing the neck of an electric guitar to the guitar body and maintaining the neck in fixed proper alignment with the body. The neck joint includes a first bracket secured in a channel in the underside of the upper end of the neck and a second bracket secured in a neck pocket in the guitar body such that upon securing the brackets together the neck is secured to and fixed in proper alignment with the guitar body. The brackets each define a pair of rows of interlocking undercut teeth with one of the rows of teeth on the second bracket being moveable in a transverse direction for selective engagement and disengagement with the mating teeth on the first bracket to allow the brackets to be moved out of engagement and the neck separated from the guitar body. A moveable screw driven wedge is provided on the second bracket to urge the moveable teeth thereon outwardly into fixed engagement with the mating teeth on the first bracket and thereby tightly lock the neck to the body of the guitar in proper alignment.
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Boulanger Stephen J.
McGuire Michael D.
Carness Albert J.
Franklin Lawrence R.
McGuire Michael D.
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