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Fingerboards – sometimes known as “Tech Decks” (Popular brand), is a miniature replica of a skateboard. Fingerboarding is in short, when somebody uses, or “rides” a fingerboard (with the fingers). Typically ridden with middle and index finger, people perform actual tricks replicated from skateboarding.

A thin piece of wood that forms the smooth playing surface on the neck of a stringed musical instrument such as guitar, bass, violin, etc. against which the strings are pressed in playing. It can be fretless, as in the violin family, or fretted, as in guitars, banjos, etc.

The fretboard, otherwise known as the fingerboard is where you will shape these notes. It is a is a thin, long strip of material, usually wood, laminated to the front of the neck with the strings running over it between the nut and the bridge.

Why Ebony Fingerboards or Ebony Fretboards? Ebony is a very popular material for use in guitar fingerboards due to its hardness, smoothness, and elegant black color. While it is one of the more expensive materials used in guitars, many people feel that it's worth the investment.

Fingerboards are tiny skateboards that are perfect for doing tricks with your fingers. They are also known as mini-decks or micro-decks.

A fingerboard is typically 100 millimeters (3.9 in) long with width ranging from 26 to 55 mm (1.0 to 2.2 in), with graphics, trucks and plastic or ball-bearing wheels, like a skateboard. A fingerboard can be used to do traditional skateboarding tricks, such as an ollie and kickflip.

fingerboard in American English 1. (of a violin, cello, etc.) the strip of wood on the neck against which the strings are stopped by the fingers.

The fingerboard (also known as a fretboard on fretted instruments) is an important component of most stringed instruments.

The distinction between fingerboard and fretboard however is a very easy one to make. Fretboard: A bass guitar that has frets on it. Fingerboard: A bass guitar that has no frets on it. (Note: The above is a Fender Jaco Pastorious Jazz Bass, which has fretlines but not frets, so it is a fretless instrument.)

Where it's used: Ebony is most often used as a Fingerboard on both electric and acoustic instruments. It's also used as the bridge material on many acoustic guitars.

Ebony. Considered the supreme tonewood for fingerboards due to its solidity, resiliency, and firmness, ebony was the primary fretboard wood in use from the 15th century till very recently. It is smooth and oily even when unfinished, giving it a fast playing feel and great responsiveness.

There are of course, many choices available but three wood types make up the largest portion of instrument fingerboards: rosewood, maple, and ebony.