Patent ID: 9076412
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
1. In combination, a guitar having a plurality of guitar strings, a guitar bridge supporting a plurality of bridge string mounts coupling to ones of said plurality of guitar strings, and supporting at least one string bender coupled with at least one of said guitar strings through an existing bridge string mount coupling to said guitar bridge, said string bender comprising: a string bender bridge mount coupling to said guitar bridge through said existing bridge string mount, said string bender bridge mount having a side wall and a slot in and extending to an edge of said side wall and also having a mounting and intonation screw which couples into a standard hole on a guitar bridge, said mounting and intonation screw rotatable to adjust the tuning of said at least one of said guitar strings; a saddle lever selectively supported by said string bender bridge mount and pivotal about an axis of rotation through a limited arc relative to said string bender bridge mount limited in a first direction by a first low stop and limited in a second direction opposed to said first direction by a second high stop, and selectively removable from said bridge mount, said saddle lever having a string attachment operative to receive and retain a first end of said at least one of said guitar strings, a body about said axis of rotation operatively partially wrapped by said at least one of said guitar strings, said pivoting through said limited arc varying an extent of said partial wrap about said body and thereby varying a tension upon said at least one of said guitar strings; at least one pivot pin coupled with and extending from said saddle lever and passing into said string bender bridge mount side wall and thereby defining said axis of rotation, said saddle lever and said at least one pivot pin selectively removable from said string bender bridge mount by sliding said pivot pin in said slot past said edge of said side wall and then from said slot.