 Timuçin Şahin performing with a double neck fretless and fretted guitar. | |
| String instrument | |
|---|---|
| Classification | String instrument |
| Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 321.322 (Composite chordophone) |
| Playing range | |
 (a standard tuned guitar) | |
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A fretless guitar is a guitar with a fingerboard without frets, typically a standard instrument that has had the frets removed, though some custom-built and commercial fretless guitars are occasionally made.[1] The classic fretless guitar was first pioneered in 1976 by Turkish musician Erkan Oğur. [2] Fretless bass guitars are readily available, with most major guitar manufacturers producing fretless models.
On the fretless guitar, the performer's fingers press the string directly against the fingerboard, as with a violin, resulting in a vibrating string that extends from the bridge (where the strings are attached) to the fingertip instead of to a fret.[1]
- ^ a b Shanika (2016-03-04). "Advantages & Disadvantages of a Fretless Guitar". TakeLessons Blog. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
- ^ "History – The 1970's". Archived from the original on 2019-10-03.