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All Bass 2 Body 7 Bridge 4 Construction 8 Design 1 Electronics 2 General 16 Pickup 9 Slothead 1 Soundboard 8 Tuning 4
Stringed Instrument Combined Bridge and Tailpiece Bridge

Stringed Instrument Combined Bridge and Tailpiece

1982

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Stringed Instrument Combined Bridge and Tailpiece
1982 · US

Stringed Instrument Combined Bridge and Tailpiece

Year: 1982

This US design patent, assigned to Ovation Instruments, Inc., covers the ornamental design of a combined bridge and tailpiece for stringed instruments, filed by inventor James H. Rickard of Harwinton, Connecticut. The design features six individual bridge saddles with string notches and a tailpiece section with anchor holes for string attachment. A second embodiment is also described wherein each bridge saddle has two string notches instead of one, and the tailpiece has twelve anchor holes instead of six.

Ovation Magnum Bass Bridge 1978 Patent 2 bridge

Ovation Magnum Bass Bridge 1978 Patent 2

1978

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Ovation Magnum Bass Bridge 1978 Patent 2
1978 · US

Ovation Magnum Bass Bridge 1978 Patent 2

Year: 1978

US patent for a mute mechanism permanently mounted on an electric string bass. Features a rubber-faced mute that slides into and out of engagement with the strings via a manually shiftable actuating member. The mute is constrained to rectilinear movement by a complementary-shaped recess in the bridge base. Assigned to Ovation Instruments, Inc.

Ovation Magnum Bass Bridge 1977 Patent bridge

Ovation Magnum Bass Bridge 1977 Patent

1977

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Ovation Magnum Bass Bridge 1977 Patent
1977 · US

Ovation Magnum Bass Bridge 1977 Patent

Year: 1977

US patent for a bridge designed for an electric string bass, featuring individually adjustable saddles with piezoelectric elements for each string, adjustable volume controls, a mute mechanism, and an easy-loading tailpiece. The saddles slide in parallel slots for intonation adjustment, and the base can be raised, lowered, or tilted for action height adjustment. Assigned to Ovation Instruments, Inc.

Guitar Bridge and Tailpiece bridge

Guitar Bridge and Tailpiece

1969

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Guitar Bridge and Tailpiece
1969 · US

Guitar Bridge and Tailpiece

Year: 1969

Patent for a combined bridge and tailpiece for guitars featuring a base member with an elongated bridge strip and a reinforcing strip of metal inset in the rear surface. The bridge strip projects from the forward surface perpendicular to the strings. The reinforcing member prevents splitting and cracking of the base member caused by string tension forces acting on the string openings. Designed for use with 12-string guitars. Filed October 27, 1969; patented February 16, 1971.

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