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    Quote Originally Posted by ross.pearson View Post
    Personal taste, or any particular reason?
    I suppose a bit of both, but mainly for practical reasons of wear and maintenance.

    As far as wear, realistically I guess it would be no different than applying clear lacquer or poly to a maple fretboard, but it could make future fret replacement trickier.

    If you got any tear out when removing the frets (which is always a risk no matter careful you are) fixing it could be more difficult to touch up than just a clear coat. I don't think I'd take it on if someone brought it to me for a refret.
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    Quote Originally Posted by McCreed View Post
    I suppose a bit of both, but mainly for practical reasons of wear and maintenance.

    As far as wear, realistically I guess it would be no different than applying clear lacquer or poly to a maple fretboard, but it could make future fret replacement trickier.

    If you got any tear out when removing the frets (which is always a risk no matter careful you are) fixing it could be more difficult to touch up than just a clear coat. I don't think I'd take it on if someone brought it to me for a refret.
    Oh yeah that makes sense. I had considered issues that might occur were someone to wear through the clear, but hadn't considered issues with refrets etc in the future. I think if it were made to be seen rather than played it would be cool to do.

    Good to know that it's possible, and has been done a whole bunch, but there are some potential issues with doing it.

    I'll probably just leave it alone to be honest.

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