Patent ID: 6124536
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
A bridge mechanism for an acoustic guitar having guitar strings and a hollow resonant box under the soundboard of a guitar, the bridge mechanism comprising:an installation plate secured to the soundboard surface, the installation plate having a plurality of string stopper holes corresponding to the various guitar strings and having an outward surface with a concave region in the outward surface;a base plate having a plurality of screw holders, the base plate being fixed in the concave region of the installation plate, the screw holders being arranged at positions that would correspond to the various guitar strings and would not overlap with the guitar strings;a plurality of individual and independent bridge members against which the guitar strings rest, each bridge member having a string holder for the guitar string, each bridge member being held freely movable forward and back and through an adjusting screw inserted into the screw holder, each bridge member also being freely movable up and down through an adjusting screw having a lower end that contacts the upper surface of the base plate.