![]() The instrument may also have a reflective metal shield surrounding the body and connected to the bridge support members and string support for enhancing the "high" frequency sounds of the individual strings when the instrument is played. Fine tuning means are provided for each of the strings between the string supporting bridge and the string tuning shafts to obtain more precise tuning of the individual strings. Further, each string is supported on its own individual string supporting bridge which has no contact with adjacent string supporting bridges supporting other of the strings thereby preventing acoustic and electrical cross-feed. The stringed instrument uses one or more magnetic pickups for each individual string. ![]() The wind bodies provide the user of the instrument the flexibility of changing the color, finish and shape of the instrument. These and other objects are accomplished by a stringed instrument having a pair of elongated wing bodies which are removably securable to opposite sides of the main body of the stringed instrument adjacent the strings. ![]() It is a further object of this invention to provide a musical stringed instrument having a metal reflective shield wrapped around the body of the instrument which may be connected to the individual bridge supports and the string support of the neck for enhancing the "high" frequency sounds of each of the strings. It is a further object of this invention to provide a musical stringed instrument having means for fine tuning each of the strings so as to more precisely and more easily tune each string. It is a further object of this invention to provide a musical stringed instrument having individually adjustable bridge support members for each string to prevent acoustical and/or electrical cross-feed from adjacent strings. It is a further object of this invention to provide a musical stringed instrument having individual magnetic pickups for each string of the instrument, thereby providing a "clean" sound free of distortion. It is a primary object of this invention to provide a musical stringed instrument with removable "snap-on" wing body portions, allowing the player of the instrument selection of body portions having different colors, designs, fabrics, finishes, or electronic add-on components. 3,251,257 filed in the name of the applicant herein. The instrument described in this application makes use of a steel rod in the neck of the instrument to overcome or avoid neck and fingerboard warping under tension of the strings as described in U.S. Because of the unitary bridge member and the ganged magnetic pickups, the amplified sound of each string is not as clear and "clean" as desired but is distorted by acoustical and/or electrical cross-feed from adjacent strings. The strings of the instrument slidably pass over a unitary supporting bridge member. The conventional electric guitar used by most performers today is formed by an acoustical body or a single solid wooden block and utilizes ganged magnetic pickups to inductively pick up the sounds of the strings for amplification. This invention relates to improvements in the construction and design of electrical stringed musical instruments, particularly guitars. A metal reflective shield surrounds the wedge body of the instrument, the shield acting to enhance the high frequency sounds produced by the strings, to shield or lock out unwanted signals to the electrical components, and is used for mounting or holding the wing bodies to the wedge. This fine tuning can also act as an electrically controlled tuning means. A fine tuning system is provided to more precisely and more easily tune each string. Each string is also provided with its own individual bridge support which is completely separated from each other bridge support to prevent any acoustical and/or electrical cross-feed. The sound produced by each of the strings of the instrument is enhanced by providing each string with at least one individual magnetic pickup which is individually adjustable to that string for optimum performance. Also the wing bodies may be changed to provide a varity of instrument body designs, colors, finishes and fabrics. ![]() One purpose of the wing body attachments is to provide flexibility for modular electronic add-on components for use with new modern amplification devices. An elongated body, hereinafter called the wedge, contains in itself all necessary components and parts making it a totally playable instrument with or without a pair of removable wing bodies. ![]() A stringed instrument is disclosed which incorporates improved design and performance features. ![]()
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