Patent ID: 8901409

Claim:
A stringed instrument having a plurality of strings extending the length of a fretboard where said strings are part of an electric circuit integrated in said instrument; one or several light emitting members electrically connected to said circuit are electrically activated/lit if any of the said strings come into contact with the frets of said instrument, said electric circuit comprising: an electric conductor referred to as the fret conductor electrically connected to the frets mounted in or on the fretboard/neck of the stringed instrument; frets capable of transmitting electric current; strings capable of transmitting electric current; light emitting members comprising light emitting diodes with or without integrated resistors, light emitting diode arrays, flashing light emitting diodes, laser diodes, light bulbs or any combination of said light emitting members; one or several electrically resistive elements in serial or parallel electrical connection with the light emitting members to limit the electrical current flowing through said light emitting members; a power source comprising one or more batteries; insulated or non-insulated electrical conductors.