Patent ID: 7247780
Filing Date: 2007-07-24
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
1. In a guitar having a tremolo bar releasably mounted thereon, the improvement comprising: (a) the tremolo bar having a first bar end oppositely disposed from a second bar end; (b) the tremolo bar having a tool on at least the first bar end thereof in order to form a wrench tremolo bar and to facilitate tuning, changing or replacing of a guitar string; (c) a lock nut assembly securing the wrench tremolo bar to the guitar; (d) the lock nut assembly including an elongated female locknut; (e) the wrench tremolo bar having male mounting threads adjacent to the wrench at the first end; (f) the wrench tremolo bar having expanded bar threads adjacent to the male mounting threads and oppositely disposed from the wrench at the first end; (g) the guitar having female guitar threads adjacent to a bridge of the guitar to receive the male mounting threads; (h) the guitar having male guitar threads on an outside of the female guitar threads; and (i) the elongated female locknut receiving both the female guitar threads and the expanded bar threads in order to secure the wrench tremolo bar in a desired position.