Fingerboards

"Because ebony is used for the parts of our instruments that we touch the most," explains the quartet's cellist, Raphaël Merlin, "namely the fingerboards and the frogs of our bows." ❋ Barrymore Laurence Scherer (2011)

Tech Deck, a manufacturer of 2 1/2-inch long skateboards - "fingerboards" - has spent the past five months hosting competitions in more than 10 cities to find the best fingerboarder in America. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Fretboards (also referred to as fingerboards) are usually made from rosewood, maple, or ebony. ❋ Unknown (2009)

250S and 350S have radiused fingerboards, which is a nice perk for some players, like me. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The government has focused on a March 2009 shipment of ebony from Madagascar intended for guitar fingerboards. ❋ James R. Hagerty (2011)

Gibson says it got permits and followed foreign laws on exports of finished products, such as the prepared slats of Indian rosewood used on guitar fingerboards. ❋ Nancy DeWolf Smith (2011)

Gibson says the ebony was partially finished for use as fingerboards and that Indian officials have endorsed such exports as legal. ❋ James R. Hagerty (2011)

In fact, anyone used to fingerboards -- those miniature finger controlled skateboards -- will feel immediately at home. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Students learn such skills as using hand tools, varnishing, cutting bridges, fitting sound posts, planning fingerboards, and using glues and clamps. ❋ Joel Naftali Lee (1999)

The third level trains students to carve scrolls, make fingerboards, and set necks. ❋ Joel Naftali Lee (1999)

The slither had double fingerboards and two sets of sympathetic strings. ❋ Weis, Margaret (1994)

No milestones marked the road they now walked, and no fingerboards pointed to a village or town. ❋ Cornwell, Bernard (1986)

The Czech and East German officers attended their various stations with well-drilled efficiency and outer calm, intermittently reading off coordinates and running hands across pulsating fingerboards, making adjustments and speaking by headset to the various squadron commanders of the close-hovering fleet. ❋ Christopher Leadem (N/A)

He worked the fingerboards rapidly, knowing the codes and counter-codes by rote, until a soft blue light indicated that the signal had been translated and was ready to print. ❋ Christopher Leadem (N/A)

Further impulse was given to the practice by the fact of the fingerboards put by the old makers rising so little above the body of the instrument. ❋ Horace Petherick (1879)

"I use the exact same ebony and rosewood fingerboards that were confiscated in August from Gibson," Berkowitz told Fox News. ❋ John Roberts (2011)

It's not called [Tech Decking], because [Tech Deck] is a company that produces fingerboards. It's called [fingerboarding]. ❋ The Fingerboarder (2007)

ITs [ahrder] than it looks, [yeah k], [thats] all I have to say. ❋ John Cardoso (2005)

Fiend-"Finger skateboards are dumb" Me-"to you cuz you suck at them" Fiend-"only [11teen] yr olds play with fingerboards" Me-"Dude [you're a tool], you cant even play with toys correctly. [YOU SUCK AT LIFE]!" ❋ Theonetheycallthevisionthatbaresthegift (2005)

Rob: Wow! Can you believe [Dowler] broke his wrist fingerboarding that [AIDS ridden] Thai [lady boy] last night? Pat: I'm not surprised one bit. ❋ PuddlesMcMoonshine (2010)

[jac] and [candi] were on the fingerboard ❋ Candi (2004)

Person 1: Hey have [you seen] [fingerboard week] 7? Person 2: Yeah it’s [sickk] ❋ Zexpray (2022)

Close Up fingerboard fingerskate. ❋ Close Up Fingerskate (2007)