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ABSTRACT
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References Cited
U.S. Patent
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CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED
APPLICATIONS
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higher.
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virtuoso playing.
The neW breed of musicians are not really interested in
virtuoso playing and making full use of the Well laid out
range of the 7 STRING ELECTRIC GUITAR, but restrict
themselves to rhythmic phrases on the loWest strings With an
extreme amount of distortion.
The 7 STRING ELECTRIC GUITAR, not having been
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bass player.
NoW the scale being 3A longer it is possible to add 3 extra
frets to the new musical instrument Without any spacing
such players.
But if the neW breed of player prefers loW sounds, Why not
move the loW C doWn to a loW A, giving an even ore extreme
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loW end?
The result is excellent as We noW have a neW instrument
ampli?cation.
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edge that thicker strings sound better than thin ones, though
are harder to play) and its punch.
Therefore, the preferred embodiment of the CELLO
BLASTER is a 5 STRING ELECTRIC GUITAR-SIZED
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being used.
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required.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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center.
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has 27 frets 5 and has a scale length, the distance from a nut
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Where the spruce or the maple are only a 0.25 thick top
portion) and a neck 2 connected to the solid body 1.
The neck has a headstock portion 3 upon Which are
betWeen).
EMBODIMENT(S)
Referring noW to the draWings, there is illustrated in FIG.
1 a top plane vieW of the CELLOBLASTER. The CELLO
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string;
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machines.
3. The stringed instrument as set forth in claim 2, further
comprising:
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The headmachines 4a4e are all arranged on one side of
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LOBLASTER.
degree angle the tighter the string, the lesser the angle the
looser the string and unless the headmachines associated
With the higher tone and thinner strings are loWered With
respect to the headstock 3, those strings 7 Would not be
pulled tightly enough against the nut 8 and Would tend to
sation for the larger strings being used, and varying in siZes.
from rattling.
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chine; and
second, third, fourth, and ?fth headmachines being
respectively associated With second loWest, third
loWest, fourth loWest, and highest strings, said second,
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third, fourth, and ?fth headmachines being respectively
Whereby
tone.
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Whereby
further comprises:
said body being made of Wood.
ing:
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said ?ve strings are respectively: A, E, B, Ft, Cu;
said A string being Wound 0.075 gauge string;
said E string being Wound 0.050 gauge string;
said B string being Wound 0.035 gauge string;
said Ft: string being plain steel 0.019 gauge string; and
said Cu string being plain steel 0.0115 gauge string.
11. The stringed instrument of claim 10, Wherein said
Wound gauge strings further comprise:
consisting of:
10. The stringed instrument of claim 1, further compris
tone.
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placing dots indicating 3rd, 5th, 7th, 10*, 12th, 15th, 17*,
19th, 22th, 24th, and 27*, frets of said ?ngerboard.
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