Patent ID: 8772616
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: B23K,G10D,G10G

Abstract:
1. A method of creating an instrument for teaching a music student how to play a fretted, stringed instrument, the method comprising steps of: obtaining a fingerboard for a fretted, stringed instrument; assembling a series of frets to said fingerboard along a lateral direction across said fingerboard, each fret being located in accordance with a predetermined spacing; creating a series of note identifiers by cutting a recession into said fingerboard using a laser, each note identifier is created proximate to a string and fret intersection and provided to identify a respective note defined by the adjacent string and fret intersection; assembling said fingerboard to a neck of said fretted, stringed instrument; and assembling said fretted, stringed instrument neck and fingerboard combination to a fretted, stringed instrument body.