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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.
Pearloid inlays in the neck of a Gibson Les Paul electric guitar. Pearloid is a plastic that is intended to resemble mother of pearl. It is commonly used in making musical instruments, especially for pickguards, electric guitar inlays, and accordions. [1]
Through-body; some models have set necks: Scale: 24.75" Woods; Body: Mahogany: Neck: Mahogany and Walnut: Fretboard: Rosewood or Ebony with trapezoid, block, or dot mother of pearl inlays: Hardware; Bridge: Tune-o-matic ABR-1 style, after 2008 Nashville style: Pickup(s) 1, 2 or 3 Firebird Pickups, Full Size Humbuckers, or P-90s: Colors available
The Dove has solid maple back and sides instead of the solid mahogany used for the Hummingbird, and a longer scale length (25.5" vs 24.75"). These make it a louder, brighter guitar than the Hummingbird. [citation needed] The double parallelogram fingerboard inlays, the two doves on the bridge, and the dove on the pickguard are mother-of-pearl.
The 1984 models had two-piece tops, while 1985 models had three-piece tops. The fingerboard was made from rosewood on some models, ebony on others, and had mother of pearl dots for inlays, instead of the usual trapezoids. The neck profile was slim-tapered, like a Standard, and the frets were low, like a "Fretless Wonder" Custom.
He requested a black guitar as he wanted it to "look like a tuxedo". Nicknamed the Black Beauty, [1] the guitar had a mahogany body and neck, ebony fret board, and mother of pearl block inlays on the fret board. The "Split Diamond" inlay on the headstock was taken from the carved archtop Super 400, [2] which was the top
Essentially a gussied up DM-18, the 'D-10' has a solid spruce top with "matched" (re: laminated) mahogany sides and back, rosewood fingerboard with diamond and square position markers, mother of pearl band inlay stating "Anniversary" between the 19th and 20th fret, tortoiseshell type pickguard and binding, and close-ratio tuning machines. [16]
The Hamiltone's fingerboard is ebony with a mother-of-pearl inlay that read "Stevie Ray Vaughan". The guitar was originally set to be made for Stevie in 1979, but the plan was dropped when Vaughan started using his middle name "Ray"; he was only known as "Stevie Vaughan" at the time.