Patent ID: 8389837
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
1. A fretboard for a composite guitar, the composite guitar having a body and a neck, the neck having a head and a foot, the composite guitar including a soundboard, the fretboard comprising: an elongated member constructed from a composite matrix, the elongated member having a first portion configured to conform to at least one element of classical design, the first portion to be attached to the neck of the composite guitar and having a head end corresponding to the head of the neck and a foot end corresponding to the foot of the neck, the first portion having a taper having a thin end at the head end and increasing in thickness toward the foot end, and a second portion configured to cantilever over the soundboard when the fretboard is mounted on the guitar such that the soundboard provides no support to the fretboard, the second portion having an anchored end where the neck meets the body of the composite guitar and a free end, the second portion further has a taper, the taper of the second portion being thinnest at the free end, and wherein the taper of the second portion extends for 1.5 inches from the free end.