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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So there’s a lot of love in the room for Grace Bowers, the 18-year-old who this year became the fretboard’s new best friend. —

A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024 Still adorned with its gorgeous maple top, mahogany back and neck and rosewood fretboard with the birds, the 24-08 is the next generation of a PRS Classic. —

Ron Hart, SPIN, 29 Nov. 2024 The smoke wraps around his fingers on the fretboard, an ashtray balanced on the family’s cast iron stove beside him. —

Ella Adams, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for fretboard