Patent ID: 9697807
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G10D,G10H

Claim:
1. An electric guitar system that allows for someone to make fast changes to (a) appearance of a guitar or (b) sound of the guitar; said system having a body, headstock, neck, strings, saddles and pickups; said strings being attached from said headstock, down said neck, over said pickups and across said saddle; said electric guitar system comprising: openings within said body of said guitar, said openings providing (a) space therein for electronics for said guitar and (b) anchoring of one end of said strings; covers over said openings; cut-outs in said body to receive said covers therein and hold said covers in place; ferromagnetic washers secured around an outer periphery of said covers; magnets secured in said body below where said ferromagnetic washers are normally located during use of said guitar; magnetic attraction between said magnets and said ferromagnetic washers holding said covers in place over said openings within said body, one of said covers being a pick guard; after disconnection of said strings, said magnetic attraction holding said pick guard can be overcome by said someone pulling on said pick guard cover which allows (1) changes to sound of said guitar or (2) said pick guard cover to be replaced to give a different decoration on an outer surface thereof.