Patent ID: 7566823

Claim:
An bridge system for an acoustic guitar having a soundboard with a reinforcing means on the undersurface of said soundboard, to transmit vibratory energy from a plurality of guitar strings onto said soundboard, the said plurality of guitar strings having a restraining means, comprising: a bridge, including a string support saddle mounted therein, for supporting said plurality of guitar strings at a predetermined string break-angle at a predetermined location and distance from the uppersurface of said soundboard, rigidly attached thereupon, an anchor of rigid material for securely attaching said plurality of guitar strings at said predetermined string break-angle at a predetermined location and distance from the undersurface of said reinforcing means on the undersurface of said soundboard, rigidly attached therein, means to enable untouched passage for said plurality of guitar strings from the said string break-angle location on the bridge saddle to said anchor on a vector congruent to said predetermined string break-angle.