page_title: Inlay (guitar)
section_title: Sound hole
hierarchical_section_title: Inlay (guitar) / Sound hole
caption_attribution_description: Front detail of CF Martin's very popular 000-28EC model, showing the solid Sitka spruce soundboard, finely inlaid herringbone rosette and their instantly recognisable, much-copied, trademark "comma-shaped" pickguard. The correct title is 000-28-EC (Eric Clapton)
context_page_description: Inlay on guitars or similar fretted instruments are decorative materials set into the wooden surface of the instrument using standard inlay techniques. Although inlay can be done on any part of a guitar, it is most commonly found on the fretboard, headstock—typically the manufacturer's logo—and around the sound hole of acoustic guitars. Only the positional markers on the fretboard or side of neck and the rosette around the sound hole serve any function other than decoration. Nacre, plastic and wood are the materials most often used as inlay.
  Some very limited edition high-end or custom-made guitars have artistic inlay designs that span the entire front of the guitar. These designs use a variety of different materials and are created using techniques borrowed from furniture making. While these designs are often just very elaborate decorations, they are sometimes works of art that even depict a particular theme or a scene. Although these guitars are often constructed from the most exclusive materials, they are generally considered to be collector's items and not intended to be played.
context_section_description: The edge of the soundboard around the sound hole of an acoustic guitar is almost always decorated with a rosette inlay.
caption: Inlay around sound hole of Martin guitar
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