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Scalloped fretboard: Scalloping involves removing some of the wood between some or all of the fret. This is intended to allow a lighter touch for more precise...

The Appalachian dulcimer (many variant names; see below) is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings, originally...

fretboard on fretted instruments) is an important component of most stringed instruments. It is a thin, long strip of material, usually wood, that is laminated...

Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET), fluorescence resonance energy transfer, resonance energy transfer (RET) or electronic energy transfer (EET) is...

fretboards, where the wood of the fretboard itself is "scooped out" between the frets, allow a dramatic vibrato effect. Fine frets, much flatter, allow...

in recent times of metal mounted on wood. The metal frets produce a brighter tone as compared to the ivory frets. It is sometimes called ruanqin, particularly...

sizes of fret wire are available, with traditional players often preferring thin frets, and metal shredders liking thick frets. Thin frets are considered...

are usually interchangeable, and indeed scroll saws are often known as "fret saws" informally. Although the coping saw is often used for similar work...

commonly known as purpleheart, violet wood, amaranth and other local names (often referencing the colour of the wood) is a genus of 23 species of flowering...

bağlama frets are listed by Yalçın Tura: Fret 1: 18/17 Fret 2: 12/11 Fret 3: 9/8 Fret 4: 81/68 Fret 5: 27/22 Fret 6: 81/64 Fret 7: 4/3 Fret 8: 24/17 Fret 9:...

Fretboard The fretboard (also called the fingerboard) is a piece of wood embedded with metal frets that constitutes the top of the neck. It is flat or slightly...

polished, making it valuable as an ornamental wood. It is often cited as one of the most expensive woods in the world. The word ebony comes from the Ancient...

Middle French word meaning "inlaid work". The veneers used are primarily woods, but may include bone, ivory, turtle-shell (conventionally called "tortoiseshell")...

2019 June 19, 2020 Tohru Honda, a high school girl living in a tent in the woods, passes by a nearby house where she has an encounter with her classmate...

first guitar constructed with laminated wood in 1993 with the D1 series that had laminated wood sides and a solid wood back. Since then they have also introduced...

using solid (non-laminated) woods, and building D-hole models with a 14th fret neck-join rather than the original 12th fret join.[citation needed] The...

Wood & Wire is a bluegrass band formed in Austin, Texas in 2011. The lineup currently is made of Tony Kamel, Dominic Fisher, Trevor Smith, and Billy Bright...

of a stringed instrument. It was originally made of laminated strips of wood, and later nacre and other hard inlay materials. Plastic is commonly used...

the tongue, the type of wood, where it is played, and where along its length it is stopped with a separate block of wood (fretted on one side) called the...

black wood. The sap wood of Diospyros ebenum is light-yellowish gray, with a glossy-black core occasionally containing light fibers. The wood also has...