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In the shop I was heavily leaning towards the Player but that was because I was sure I remembered reading quite a few examples of the fretboard being easily rounded DIY style. Turns out that's not really the case, especially with maple fretboards.
Will need to think more now; wish I was back in the shop comparing them with this knowledge.
I don't know if it's just that I'm used to a rolled edge that it felt unusual and maybe the edges won't really bother me. My P bass isn't rolled and it feels fine and I tried the Player version of that today and it totally felt fine. But I do play them differently to guitars of course.
I suppose I could get the Player then, if it bothered me, get a Pro neck to put on it. The necks don't seem to have much availability at all though, I seem to remember a few years ago it was easy to find Fender necks to buy online.
So I've already got a replacement American neck to put on my new guitar since learning that I wouldn't be able to cleanly roll the edges of the Mexican one it comes with.
But now I'm thinking, instead of selling the Mexican neck for a hundred or whatever, maybe I could attempt the roll job on it and attach it to a cheap Squier body or something to have as a "once in a while" mess around with guitar.
What kind of damage are we talking for taking a blade or sander to the corners of a finished maple fretboard? Just look in pretty bad condition or actually have problems that will cause the neck to warp or something?
Adam
You can always seal the newly-exposed wood with some Tru-Oil or something, which someone suggested earlier. It won't last forever but it'll protect it a bit.
Nice one, think I might go ahead with that in the future.
In a weird way, if it turns out really well I might be gutted that I spent so much on the American neck lol
Always on rosewood type boards or plastic binding though, never maple. I’ve actually declined to even plug in some guitars in shops when they have an in-rolled maple board. Just horrible.
Quite a few people advise against doing the DIY post-finish method to a maple fretboard but I'm fairly sure that's because it will damage the finish, not because the rolled edges are less of a benefit when the fretboard is maple.
Or do you mean if it's a second hand guitar and you can tell that the previous owner has scraped the edges post-finish?