How to Use fretboard in a Sentence

fretboard

noun

• On the fretboard, on the road, through space and time, this band goes anywhere.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2023
• For young women who wish to stretch out on the fretboard, the blues still represents a haven.
  — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Nov. 2020
• The Brazilian rosewood used for the fretboard of the neck was made thinner to bring out a brighter tone.
  — Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 2 Jan. 2025
• Some feature a wide fretboard while others are much narrower.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
• The sound of the dulcimer has resonated with me for most of my life, the frets of its fretboard like notches in my own timeline.
  — Ayla Samli, Longreads, 14 May 2024
• The neck and fretboard are glued together, with a steel truss rod sandwiched inside the two components.
  — New York Times, 28 Nov. 2020
• The guitarist latched onto the original riff and sent his fingers dancing over the fretboard.
  — cleveland, 6 Oct. 2020
• The act of cradling a guitar in his arms, settling his fingers on the fretboard, and touching a pick to a string had been drilled into his brain.
  — Steve Rosen, Variety, 10 Mar. 2023
• Trey’s ear-to-fretboard data transfer time is unparalleled.
  — Charna Flam, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
• In 1962, the company offered the option of a rosewood fretboard on top of the maple neck.
  — Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 2 Jan. 2025
• 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
• And Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson is at her best doing folky fretboard lighting.
  — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 1 Sep. 2020
• 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
• In the showcase footage, Isbell’s fingers move hummingbird-quick over the fretboard of his Taylor acoustic.
  — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 6 Sep. 2022
• This is the most traditional Stratocaster model, with three single-coil pickups and a maple fretboard.
  — Matt Jancer, WIRED, 10 Sep. 2022
• Then, as her fingers raced across the fretboard of an upright bass that dwarfed her petite figure, Amy Gadiaga wove vocal magic.
  — Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
• Shark also makes a removable titanium nut that allows for quick neck changes and fretboard maintenance without restringing.
  — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2026
• Because of their superior upper-fretboard access, Flying Vs were great for playing slide guitar on.
  — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 11 Oct. 2022
• Learning to navigate the fretboard will help develop your hand-eye coordination as your hands, fingers, and mind work together to combine notes, chords, and scales.
  — The Editors, Marie Claire, 30 Aug. 2021
• Fine attention to detail is all-around here, including a Sitka spruce top, solid maple back and sides, and a mahogany neck capped with an Indian rosewood fretboard.
  — Joshua Kanter, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2022
• The acoustic instrument has Elvis' name printed into its fretboard and is part of the archival collection at the mansion, according to the Graceland website.
  — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE.com, 15 June 2022
• That's the distance between the string to the fretboard – a lower action requires less effort to play and is suitable for blazing fast shredding, while some rhythm players prefer a higher action setup for greater clarity.
  — New Atlas, 18 May 2026
• Wayne’s command of the fretboard often surprised listeners, shattering any preconceptions about The Osmonds as mere teen idols and earning him respect in rock circles.
  — Darryn King, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
• Loretta Lynn poses for a portrait holding a guitar that has her name spelled down the fretboard in circa 1961 in Nashville, Tennessee.
  — CBS News, 4 Oct. 2022
• 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
• From the Yardbirds to the Jeff Beck Group to fame as a solo artist, his dazzling fretboard technique, mastery of atmospheric effects, and volcanic, expressive musical phrasing were unmatched.
  — Alexis Oatman, cleveland, 12 Jan. 2023
• Memorabilia of the country music pioneer’s life and career, including his 1927 Martin guitar with his name inlayed on the fretboard, are on display at the Jimmie Rodgers Museum.
  — Jim Beaugez, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2021