ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,713, issued on Nov. 3.

"Acoustic guitar with adjustable soundboard and related methods" was invented by Jonathan Spangler (San Diego) and Joseph Glaser II (Nashville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable soundboard for an acoustic stringed instrument, such as an acoustic guitar, which allows tension to be selectively applied areas of the soundboard to achieve desired acoustic properties and/or voicing of the soundboard."

The patent was filed on Dec. 12, 2022, under Application No. 18/079,520.

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