Quote Originally Posted by McCreed View Post
The short answer is: Maple fretboard = yes, Rosewood fretboard = no.
Don't know which you got.

Here's a link to a reply I posted recently re: finishing the fretboard
While I'm not at all disagreeing with McCreed. There is one guitar company who I believe also lacquer their Rosewood fretboards. That company is Rickenbacker, so not exactly a small company. I've been reading about about the thoughts behind both approaches and the theory about the history of it is that the unfinished fretboard is a hangover from fretless instruments like Violins where it's more likely a finish would chip away over time. I'm planning to research a little more but I will probably finish all of my fretboards on all of my builds regardless of the type of timber.

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