Rockin’ Patent – Thomas G. Lieber’s “Body For Bass Guitar”
Rockin’ Patent: US Patent No. 4,161,130 Filed: 23 November 1977 In the name of: Thomas G. Lieber (inventor) Title: Body For Bass Guitar What’s claimed: “In a bass guitar, the improvement comprising a single piece bowl-shaped body constructed of graphite in a continuous layer of substantially uniform thickness, the body having a waist portion separating a smaller upper bowl portion from a larger lower bowl portion, the lower bowl portion having a circular bout and substantially greater depth than the upper bowl portion, with the sides of the body being perpendicular to the top along the front side and the […]