While cleaning up the hard drive on my laptop, I came across a list of patents I’d found via Google’s Patent Search. Only one of them has anything to do with hollowbody basses, but they’re fun to look at.

If you find any cool/historic/unique patents that I missed, post a link in the comments!

Up first, “Electric Bass Guitar and Elastomeric Bridge Therefor“:

Gibson/Epiphone/Norlin Patents:

Epiphone ‘Scroll’ Bass

Leland Sklar Signature Bass

Gibson Victory Bass

Peavey Patents:

T-40 Bass

“Razer” Body Shape

Fender Patents:

The Classic – 1959 Precision Bass

P-Bass Pickup

Fender/Squier Bullet Bass

Starcaster Headstock Design

Modulus:

Graphite Bass Neck

Mosrite:

Guitar & Bass Design

Kent:

Hollowbody Guitar Design

Patent art can sometimes be crudely drawn, or in some cases, drawn well but just plain ol’ funny. Check out this image from Patent #7030304: