Patent ID: 7138577

Claim:
An electric acoustic stringed musical instrument comprising: an acoustic stringed musical instrument including a body having an upper surface, a neck projecting from one end of said body, at least one string stretched between a leading end of said neck and the other end of said body, and a bridge provided between said upper surface of said body and said at least one string so as to give tension to said at least one string, deformable in the presence of vibrations transmitted from said at least one string and having an inner surface defining at least one hollow space, said bridge being further formed with a first inlet and a second inlet disposed between said at least one hollow space and both side portions of said bridge and making said both side portions spaced from a lower portion of said bridge held in contact with said body and a through-hole disposed between said at least one hollow space and an upper portion of said bridge held in contact with said at least one string, whereby said first and second inlets and said through-hole permit said at least one hollow-space to be widely deformed in the presence of said vibrations and an electric system including a pickup unit received in said at least one hollow space and applied with force due to said vibrations of said at least one string through said inner surface, and an output terminal electrically connected to said pickup unit for outputting said signal.