Fret Markers

[King Elvis]

I dont know if this is a stupid question or not, but, here goes. What do the dots or blocks or crowns or whatever (fret markers) mean on a guitar neck?? Is it just for the obvious to tell you what position you are on the neck or is there something more to it. How did it start and why do all guitar makers put them in the same place on the neck?? Anybody know any history on this?? Classical guitars dont have them...so...WHATS UP WITH THE DOTS???

 

[eyeslikefire]

They are just position markers man.

BTW, did you take your hypertension medication today?

 

[Aaron Cheney]

Don't you know you aren't supposed to ask about things like that? It's one of those things you just take on faith.

Octave marker's easy enough to accept. The perfect 5th too, I guess. But why the minor 3rd? Why not a major 3rd? I guess after the obvious ones the rest just got arranged in an asthetically pleasing configuration.

(shrug)



Aaron
http://www.voodoovibe.com

 

[JR#97]

Don't you know you aren't supposed to ask about things like that? It's one of those things you just take on faith.

Octave marker's easy enough to accept. The perfect 5th too, I guess. But why the minor 3rd? Why not a major 3rd? I guess after the obvious ones the rest just got arranged in an asthetically pleasing configuration.

(shrug)



Aaron
http://www.voodoovibe.com

exactly. what screws me up is that my banjo has the dots different except the 12thfret. (can't remember where they are because I suck at the banjo and don't play it anymore)

 

[Track Rat]

How's this for fret marking (I know, I know, I'm showing off).

 

[TheGuitarMan]

I hate having little dots on my fretboard. Other inlays are okay but i'd rather just have a 12th fret inlay and dot markers on the neck binding.

 

[Bass Freak]

I just thought the dots were there to be pretty. But I guess now that I count them, they mark the frets. My friend who likes stickers, just coverd the coresponding frets with the dots with these big stickers, its kinda funny, but he never looses track lol.

freak

 

[juststartingout]

I never thought about it too much until I got my Alverez clasical. That doesn't have any. No Dots, No fretboard inlays, Nothing. I got lost on that fretboard for a while, but then found that I could adapt to it. I just closed my eyes.

The semi standard (3,5,7,9,12) is not always adheared to. Sometimes there is a 1 thrown in there, sometimes it's just 12. Maybe someone should just do even (2,4,6,8,10,12) numbers, then go to odds after 12 (15,17,19,21). I think that would be pretty to look at.

Maybe someone just did it so their students could reference what they were doing. Yea, that sound like a good theory.

I always wondered about the "standard" sting tuning. Why is the B string only tuned up 4 semis instead of 5 like all the others.

Ok, my brain hurts now from thinking too much. I think I will go jam a bit.

 

[eyeslikefire]

How's this for fret marking (I know, I know, I'm showing off).

SHOW OFF!

 

[philboyd studge]

The late Cowboy Maynard was a guy I used to know. He had F#m and C#m inlayed into his D-28 cause he played in E a lot and couldn't remember where the tough chords were.