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Feb 2, 2021 11:10
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English term

Abalone dots

English to French Tech/Engineering Music
technical term for a guitar's feature. I'm not sure if Abalone a brand or not and what would dots mean. the whole sentence is : it features a roasted neck with abalone dots, 6105 fret wire and 52U shaped neck. i can't find any translation for this whole sentence..

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points nacrés

Both the other translations work too. I'm just adding this one because it's found at the excellent link David Henrion posted (see below), and it seems to me like the closest equivalent of the English "abalone dots":

"Les points de repère permettent d'identifier les différentes zones stratégiques du manche d'une guitare en un clin d'oeil....
Souvent réduits à de simple points nacrés..."
https://www.hguitare.com/communaute/blog/materiel/comprendre...
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points de repère en écaille

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agree Eliza Hall
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Repères de frettes en nacre

Bonjour Souhel,

Il s'agit des points que l'on trouve sur les manches des guitares et qui servent de repère pour distinguer les frettes. Ils sont traditionnellement fait de nacre du mollusque appelé ormeau ("abalone" en anglais).

Cordialement,

Gregory
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agree Eliza Hall : Or "points nacrés," as it says at the link David Henrion provided above. I'll post a separate translation but give you both "agrees.'
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