Picked up this korean Danelectro covertibel recently , all looks good apart from a couple things.
The first the previous owner carved a couple " designs " in the top which I am not too sure how to hide apart from stickers and the other to do with the fingerboard.
From around the 2nd fret to the 7th on both side there is a slight ridge where the fingerboard meets the neck , past the 7th it is smooth . I am guessin that the finish has slightly worn away but not 100% , any ideas if it is something to worry about ?
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Comments
1) Differential shrinkage.
2) Sloppy manufacture.
Once upon a time, neck and fingerboard blanks were glued together prior to CNC shaping. Tidy but wasteful of materials.
Sometimes, fingerboard blanks are cut to exact size before being offered up to a neck. e.g. Indian law requires a proportion of the work producing rosewood fingerboards to be performed in India, by an Indian workforce.