Patent ID: 8829318

Claim:
A stringed-instrument component system comprising: a) a stringed-instrument body comprising a single integrally-formed structure; b) wherein said single integrally-formed structure comprises i) a substantially-rigid body material comprising a substantially-uniform density, ii) at least one front-body portion, iii) spaced apart from said at least one front-body portion, at least one rear-body portion, and iv) at least one peripheral-body portion extending between said at least one front-body portion and said at least one rear-body portion; c) wherein said at least one front-body portion comprises a substantially solid front panel having at least one outer side and at least one inner side; d) wherein said at least one inner side comprises at least one body-resonance controller structured and arranged to control excitation frequencies and amplitudes of oscillatory deflections exhibited by said substantially solid front panel when said substantially solid front panel is excited by string vibration adjacent said at least one outer side; and e) wherein a majority of said at least one rear-body portion is structured and arranged to pass essentially all sound energy radiating from said single integrally-formed structure without absorption or reflectance.