Patent ID: 6603066
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
A guitar with a face and an interior compartment, said guitar comprising a bridge, an acoustic damper, and a pivot rod:said bridge attached to the face of the guitar comprising a mounting plate; a riser, said riser attached to the mounting plate by at least one sound post and comprising a width and at least one pair of opposing angled string recesses across the width of the riser, said string recesses being rounded; a plurality of string pegs attached to said mounting plate, each string peg corresponding to a string recess and attached to said mounting plate at an angle offset from a line extended from its corresponding string recess; said acoustic damper comprising a first acoustic damping side attached to a second acoustic reflective side and pivotally mounted within the interior compartment; said acoustic damper having a first operative position for damping sound and a second operative position for reflecting sound; a pivot rod attached to the acoustic damper such that the pivot rod can manipulate the acoustic damper to the first and second operative positions.