Patent attributes
A guide plate configured to be coupled to or integrally formed with a guitar within a playing area of the guitar between a bridge and a base end of a neck. The guide plate can be configured to reveal, or cover over, the pickups and includes a body having an upper surface with a radius of curvature that substantially matches the fretboard radius of curvature of the guitar. The upper surface of the guide plate is elevated above a top surface of the guitar body by a predetermined distance to be substantially coextensive with the fretboard to provide a curved, depth limiting playing surface that matches the fretboard radius of curvature to limit the depth of travel of a pick between guitar strings and the upper surface of the guide plate in the playing area of the guitar.
