Assertion: bass guitar | /r/HasProperty | fretted instrument
Facets:
value: traditionally
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In the 1930s, musician and inventor Paul Tutmarc of Seattle, Washington, developed the first electric bass guitar in its modern form, a fretted instrument designed to be played horizontally.
text: While electric bass guitars are traditionally fretted instruments, fretless basses are used by some players to achieve different tones.