Guitar string bender

摘要

The invention pertains to a string bender device for use with a stringed instrument, particularly with a guitar. The bending device comprises a mount, an activation lever and a spring device coupled therebetween. The string bender further includes an anchoring arrangement to secure the anchor portion of a guitar string to the string bender. When in use the guitar string anchor is attached to the bending device while the free end of the guitar string is wound around a tuning peg of the guitar. The tension of the string is adjusted using the tuning peg until a desired neutral pitch of the string is achieved. The position of the spring at this tension is defined as the neutral position of the string. The activation lever can then be moved in a first direction to deform the spring in a first direction and move the anchor of the guitar string away from the tuning pegs, causing an increase in string tension and thus raising the pitch of the affected string. Alternatively the activation lever can be moved in a second direction to deform the spring in a second direction and move the guitar string anchor towards the tuning pegs, causing a decrease in tension of the affected string and thus a decrease in pitch. The present invention is advantageous in that it can raise or lower the pitch of the affected string. Furthermore the string bender of the present invention uses existing structures on traditional guitars to facilitate mounting of the string bender thereto.

主权项

1. A string bender for use with a stringed instrument comprising
a mounting arrangement to couple the string bender to the stringed instrument; a spring device and an activation lever; and an anchoring arrangement to secure an anchor portion of an instrument string having a string portion and an anchor portion; said anchoring arrangement cooperating with said spring device such that when the instrument string is tensioned to achieve a desired neutral pitch, the spring device is in a neutral position; said spring device is deformable such that by moving the activation lever in a first direction, the spring device is deformed from the neutral position in a first direction and the anchor portion of the string is moved to create increased tension of said instrument string, which raises the pitch produced by said instrument string and by moving the activation lever in a second direction, the spring device is deformed from the neutral position in a second direction and the anchor portion of the instrument string is moved to decrease the tension on the string, lowering the pitch produced by the instrument string; and wherein said anchoring arrangement is a string aperture sized to allow the string portion of said instrument string to pass through while preventing the passage of the anchor portion to secure the instrument string to said string bender.