fretboard
noun
fret·board
ˈfret-ˌbȯrd 
plural fretboards
: the part of a stringed instrument against which the fingers press the strings to vary the pitch : fingerboard
especially
: one that has frets (see fret entry 5)
Her three-ply maple neck, black laminated spruce and maple body, pearl inlaid ebony fretboard, and gold-plated … pickups flash in the spotlights. —
Mike Sager
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Both of Vai’s hands tapping up and down the fretboard called to mind those of a typist furiously hammering out a manuscript.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2024
Cranking up the amps and gliding down the fretboard of his Fender Telecaster, singer-songwriter Justin Wells rumbled across the Outpost stage, the sweat of a humid mid-summer afternoon dripping from his forehead.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2024
Free fretboard fireworks in Concord The Bay Area has an highly impressive record as the home to many phenomenal guitarists and the blues genre has long been well-represented in this impressive collection – from John Lee Hooker to Bonnie Raitt to Tommy Castro.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 10 July 2024
Faulkner and guitarist Andy Sneap (who replaced Glenn Tipton on the road in 2018 after the Priest veteran’s Parkinson’s disease diagnosis) re-created the signature twin guitar sound, with Halford often leaning in to inspect the former’s work as his fingers scaled the fretboard.
—Courtney Devores, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2024
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Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2024
Cranking up the amps and gliding down the fretboard of his Fender Telecaster, singer-songwriter Justin Wells rumbled across the Outpost stage, the sweat of a humid mid-summer afternoon dripping from his forehead.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2024
Free fretboard fireworks in Concord The Bay Area has an highly impressive record as the home to many phenomenal guitarists and the blues genre has long been well-represented in this impressive collection – from John Lee Hooker to Bonnie Raitt to Tommy Castro.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 10 July 2024
Faulkner and guitarist Andy Sneap (who replaced Glenn Tipton on the road in 2018 after the Priest veteran’s Parkinson’s disease diagnosis) re-created the signature twin guitar sound, with Halford often leaning in to inspect the former’s work as his fingers scaled the fretboard.
—Courtney Devores, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2024
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“Fretboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fretboard. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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