Guitar of art covering the entire exterior surface of a guitar (front and back). Some guitar players have used LEDs in the fretboard to produce unique lighting effects onstage. Fretboard inlays are most commonly shaped like dots, diamond shapes, parallelograms, or large blocks in between the frets. Dots are usually inlaid into the upper edge of the fretboard in the same positions, small enough to be visible only to the player. These usually appear on the odd numbered frets, but also on the 12th fret (the one octave mark) instead of the 11th and 13th frets. Some older or high-end instruments
Idol Fret Idol Fret Idol Fret was a rock band from Oldham, England, formed in the late 70s and mostly known for playing in clubs and pubs around the east of Manchester, Rochdale and Oldham. The band's only official release was "Bad Boy", a single released around 1980. This was followed up with an album-length cassette called 'Fretwork'. The original band, called Idle Fret, formed around 1976/77 in Manchester and played at Deeply Vale Free Festival in 1976 or 77, and recorded four songs as a demo tape. Founder members of Idle Fret were John Stewart (guitar and vocals), Gary Burke (drums),