FIG. 1 is a top plan view of an illuminated fret board, showing a first embodiment of my new design;
FIG. 2 is a partial top plan view thereof, as outlined by line 2-2 of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a partial top plan view thereof, as outlined by line 3-3 of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a partial top plan view thereof, as outlined by line 4-4 of FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment, taken along lines 5-5 of FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is a partial top plan view of FIG. 1; and,
FIG. 7 is a left-side elevational view of FIG. 1.
The broken lines showing a guitar body and headstock in FIG. 1 and guitar strings in FIGS. 1 and 5 depict environmental matter and form no part of the claimed design.
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