Patent ID: 7041889

Claim:
A guitar-like musical instrument comprising having a hollow body having a sidewall; a neck having a distal end and a proximal end; and a neck-body connecting assembly connected between the sidewall of the body and the proximal end of he neck and having a neck mount having an outside surface; two alignment holes defined perpendicularly in the outside surface of the neck mount and arranged along a first line; and two through holes longitudinally through the neck mount and arranged along a second line perpendicular to the first line; a mounting block mounted to the neck mount and having a proximal surface; two alignment holes defined perpendicularly in the proximal surface of the mounting block and aligned respectively with the alignment holes in the neck mount; and two threaded holes defined perpendicularly in the proximal face of the mounting block and aligned respectively with the through holes in the neck mount; two pins mounted respectively in the aligned alignment holes in the neck mount and the mounting block; and two bolts extending respectively through the through holes in the neck mount and screwing into the threaded holes in the mounting block, and each bolt having an outer thread corresponding to the inner threads of the threaded holes in the mounting block.