Fretless guitar

Fretless Guitar

Timuçin Şahin performing with a double neck fretless and fretted guitar.
String instrument
Classification	String instrument
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	321.322 (Composite chordophone)
Playing range
(a standard tuned guitar)
Related instruments
plucked string instruments Electric guitar Bass guitar Fretless bass Oud

A fretless guitar is a guitar with a fingerboard without frets, typically a standard instrument that has had the frets removed, though some custom-built and commercial fretless guitars are occasionally made.^[1] The classic fretless guitar was first pioneered in 1976 by Turkish musician Erkan Oğur. ^[2] Fretless bass guitars are readily available, with most major guitar manufacturers producing fretless models.

On the fretless guitar, the performer's fingers press the string directly against the fingerboard, as with a violin, resulting in a vibrating string that extends from the bridge (where the strings are attached) to the fingertip instead of to a fret.^[1]