Looking back many hundreds of years, early lutes were fretless, but they began getting frets from the late 16th century. These frets subdivide a fretboard so a string can be pressed anywhere between ...

Those thin metal strips seated across the fingerboard do a lot more than show where to place fingers. Frets govern pitch accuracy, tonal quality, and overall playability on any guitar. Whether a ...

Turkey-based upstart Shark Instruments is taking the fight to higher-end guitar makers with advanced manufacturing capabilities. Its latest industry-first feature: adjustable frets. The frets on the ...