Abstract: A stringed instrument neck having finger slots for facilitating fingering chords when playing a guitar includes a main body portion having a bridge. A neck extends from the main body portion and includes a front face, a first end, a head portion and a medical portion extending between the first end and the head portion. The first end is coupled to the main body portion. A plurality of strings are coupled between the bridge and the head portion. The strings are positioned to extend substantially parallel to each other along the neck. The neck includes a plurality of finger slots extending substantially parallel to the strings. Each of the finger slots is positioned between an associated adjacent pair of the strings such that the neck is designed for permitting insertion of fingers of a user through the finger slots for facilitating selective clamping of the strings against the neck by the fingers of the user.