Monday, March 9, 2026

Invention 48: New Guitar

I believe this invention would significantly change the use and sound of guitars -- or any stringed instrument. You saw it first on this blog. A guitar's strings are strung between two fixed points: the headstock and the bridge. Now imagine that we make one end float. Most likely, we would make the bridge float. Now we have strings strung from the headstock to a floating bridge -- and via strings, we take the floating bridge to another headstock above the lower bout -- two strings, perhaps, or however many desired. Between the floating bridge and the lower bout headstock, we have therefore inserted a kind of springline reverb. OBSERVATION: This would make two differences to the sound of the traditional guitar. The plectrum striking the strings would be felt by all strings, and all strings would feel all strings' vibration. Moreover, the floating bridge could be used for a vibrato effect.

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