Electric guitar system for quick changes
View Patent ↗An instant access guitar system allowing easy access to cavities in the body portion of the electric guitar. The cavities are covered by plates, a pick guard, flexible laminates or other suitable cover materials. The covers are held in place by magnets that magnetically attach to magnetic material mounted in the guitar body. The appearance of the guitar may be changed by changing the pick guard and the decorative laminate on the headstock. The sound of the guitar may be changed by having unique pickups and wiring releases pre-built in multiple configurations on multiple pick guards as modules to change in and out of the guitar at will with no tools or solder.
1. An electric guitar system that allows for someone to make fast changes to (a) appearance of a guitar or (b) sound of the guitar; said system having a body, headstock, neck, strings, saddles and pickups; said strings being attached from said headstock, down said neck, over said pickups and across said saddle; said electric guitar system comprising:
openings within said body of said guitar, said openings providing (a) space therein for electronics for said guitar and (b) anchoring of one end of said strings;
covers over said openings;
magnets secured around an outer periphery of, and extending a short distance through, said covers;
ferromagnetic receivers being secured in said body below where said magnets are normally located during use of said guitar;
magnet holes in a top of said ferromagnetic receivers to receive said magnets therein;
magnetic attraction between said magnets and said ferromagnetic receivers holding said covers in place over said openings within said body, one of said covers being a pick guard;
after disconnection of said strings, said magnetic attraction holding said pick guard can be overcome by said someone pulling on said pick guard cover which allows (1) changes to sound of said guitar or (2) said pick guard cover to be replaced to give a different decoration on an outer surface thereof.
2. The electric guitar system as given in claim 1 wherein said ferromagnetic receivers are flush with a surface of said body, said magnet holes in the top of said ferromagnetic receivers being slightly longer than said magnets extending through said covers, said magnet holes having a conical shape to easily receive said magnets therein, said magnets being a similar conical shape to help hold said covers in place.
3. The electric guitar system as given in claim 2 wherein a removable decorative laminate covers said headstock under said strings, decorative pattern of said removable decorative laminate matching a decorative pattern as shown on said pick guard cover.
4. The electric guitar system as given in claim 3 wherein said strings are attached on one end thereof to a string retainer bar, which string retainer bar is normally located in a string retainer bar seat of a tech bridge located adjacent said saddle on said body, said string retainer bar having beveled holes for receiving each of said strings there through for anchoring on a ball end of said strings.
5. The electric guitar system as given in claim 4 further having a vibrato arm extending through said tech bridge into a vibrato block, said vibrato arm tightening or loosening said strings by adjusting said vibrato block.
6. The electric guitar system as given in claim 5 wherein upon loosening said strings with said vibrato arm, said string retainer bar and all of said strings can be disconnected from said tech bridge to allow internal access to said guitar.
7. The electric guitar system as given in claim 5 wherein said vibrato arm has tools mounted in an end thereof including (a) a flathead screwdriver, (b) a Phillip head screwdriver and (c) an Allen wrench.
8. The electric guitar system as given in claim 1 includes a boot over one of said openings having a selector switch therein, said boot preventing contaminants from entering through said openings, containing said selector switch.
9. The electric guitar system as given in claim 8 wherein bobbins are secured on a backside of said pick guard by screw inserts and screws while allowing a front side of said pick guard cover to be smooth.
10. The electric guitar system as given in claim 1 wherein said ferromagnetic receivers are flush with a surface of said body, said magnet holes in the top of said ferromagnetic receivers being slightly longer than said magnets extending through said covers, said magnet holes having a cylindrical shape to easily receive said magnets therein, said magnets being a similar cylindrical shape to help hold said covers in place.