Patent ID: 7767890
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
1. A fretted, stringed instrument, comprising: a body; a head; a neck extending between said body and said head, said neck having a neck longitudinal axis; a plurality of strings extending from said body to said head, said plurality of strings extending along said neck in a direction substantially parallel to said neck longitudinal axis; a fretboard connected to said neck, said fretboard including a glass base and a plurality of glass frets, said glass base having a base longitudinal axis and a plurality of fret grooves extending substantially perpendicular to said base longitudinal axis, said plurality of glass frets secured within said plurality of fret grooves of said glass base; and a glass top nut, said neck having a top nut slot extending substantially perpendicular to said neck longitudinal axis, said glass top nut secured within said top nut slot of said neck.