Patent ID: 6198036
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: G10H,Y10S

Abstract:
An electric guitar comprising:a guitar body including guitar string support elements for supporting guitar strings to extend in a direction over the body and a string holding member;a base plate swingably mounted on the guitar body for swinging through a free swinging range with respect to the body around a first axis across the strings;a bridge saddle on the base plate comprising a saddle holding member and a main saddle body;the saddle holding member having a top portion;the main saddle body including elements for fixing an end of a guitar string; the main saddle body being mounted to the saddle holding member at an axle which extends across the direction of the strings and being rotatably adjustable in a forward and backward direction about the axle on the saddle holding member thereby to allow a fine tuning adjustment of the guitar string; anda piezo pickup so shaped and so located at the top portion of the saddle holding member that the piezo pickup is in contact with the guitar string at a contact point, the guitar string being fixed by the main saddle body, at least over the free-swinging range of the base plate;wherein the contact point moves together with said string holding member during intonation adjustment.