Patent ID: 7262359

Claim:
A guitar accessory for recording a player's licks, chords and the like, said guitar accessory comprising: a housing sized and shaped for being removably engaged directly with a lower curvature of a guitar's frame, said housing including an arcuate inner surface extending between top and bottom ends of said housing, said housing having an arcuate outer surface coextensively shaped with said inner surface and equidistantly spaced therefrom for defining an arcuate cavity within said housing; an electrical contact having a rectilinear shape protruding outwardly from said inner surface such that said electrical contact becomes operably nested with an electromagnetic pickup located inside the guitar; a means for digitally recording acoustic signals emanating from the guitar during playing conditions such that said acoustic signals can be digitally stored into a computer readable file, said digital recording means being disposed within said housing; an internal power supply source directly linked to said digital recording means and situated within said housing; a timer circuit directly and operably mated to said digital recording means, said timer circuit automatically toggling said digital recording means between operative and in-operative modes during playing conditions such that said digital recording means automatically turns on when the player strokes a string on the guitar and automatically turns off after a predetermined time span; and a portable base station electrically mateable to an external power supply source, said base station being directly conjoinable to said housing in such a manner that said base station recharges said internal power supply source during non-operating conditions.