Random Poll

[rounce55]

Totally random.

 

[Jon]

Uh, fretboard I guess?

 

[blue313]

I use both, but I honestly say fretboard a lot more often.

 

[rounce55]

haha yeah me too.

 

[guitlouie]

Always, fretboard.

 

[newmexstrings]

Fretboard for a neck with frets (i.e. guitar, fretted bass, lute, etc.) Fingerboard for (violin, cello, fretless bass, etc.) :sign13:

 

[nathan a]

Fretboard for a neck with frets (i.e. guitar, fretted bass, lute, etc.) Fingerboard for (violin, cello, fretless bass, etc.) :sign13:

:icon_thumright:

 

[dbw]

Both I think but fretboard most often.  Even when it's fretless, oddly...  :icon_scratch:

 

[ByteFrenzy]

POWBeNAS. Piece Of Wood BEtween Neck And Strings.

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

Fingerboard:  Does a Fretless bass or an upright have frets? 

I just think it covers everything by using "Fingerboard".  "Fretboard" implys a fretted instrument only.

Just my .02.

 

[taez555]

Fingerboards are for people who play Violin. 

erik

 

[rounce55]

Upright basses and violins don't have frets,  but sometimes tape where they would be.

 

[dbw]

Upright basses and violins don't have frets,  but sometimes tape where they would be.

Tape is bush-league.

 

[taez555]

Upright basses and violins don't have frets,  but sometimes tape where they would be.

Tape is bush-league.

Seriously, when I learned to play cello and violin back in grade school, we used little colorful dot stickers to mark the spaces, not tape. 

 

[line6man]

Are you guys serious? The two terms are not interchangeable...
I say fretboard when referring to a fretted instrument, and fingerboard when referring to a fretless instrument.

 

[dbw]

Are you guys serious? The two terms are not interchangeable...
I say fretboard when referring to a fretted instrument, and fingerboard when referring to a fretless instrument.

Eh, who cares anyway?  Incidentally warmoth.com uses both but favors "fingerboard."

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Awarmoth.com+fretboard - 1020 results
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Awarmoth.com+fingerboard- 13700 results

 

[guitlouie]

Eh, who cares anyway?

To tell the truth, not me.  I always say fretboard, but I so very rarely find myself talking about violins, cellos, or fretless basses.

 

[rounce55]

dbw thats really cool. Thats like Lexicon on the facebook, it counts how many words are said on people's walls, and you compare two words.