Hi there,

I've just recently signed up. Thanks to everone who contributes here, there is a lot of great info.

I'm looking at building a Hardtail ST but am having decision paralysis over the neck lol. Back in the ninties I had a seafoam green Profile strat copy with maple fretboard. Unfortunately it was stolen in a breakin in the sharehouse I was in. I'm not a great player by any means but I'm really wanting to have another strat again after playing a couple of Ibanez Roadstars since then.

I've never been a tremolo user and both my current guitars are blocked even the floyd in my RS440. So the hardtail options pitbull have are really tempting over tracking down a squier hardtail, stripping an repainting. I'm in the process of sanding an rebulding a $40 casino strat copy as a painting trail run. The sanding hasn't been the most fun exercise.

My problem with the fretboard decision really comes down to not really knowing how to finish the maple fingerboard, any tips would be greatly appreciated. The back of the neck seems easier as a wipe/sand on poly seems the way to go but finishing the fretboard, is it best to spray a finish there? Or would a wipe on oil finsh be the way to go front and back? If I went the rosewood option I wouldn't need to worry about this but it's not 100% the final guitar I want.

Also for those that have built a Pitbull ST how do they compare with squier's are they on the same level of quality?

Cheers

Mike