I have a US Strat from 2001 and it has got a load of lacquer on the edges of the frets, as if they put the lacquer onto the fretboard and didn't bother to clean it off the frets themselves before it dried. Is this normal procedure for maple fretboards? (i've always mainly had rosewood fretboards so not sure myself).
I've started to clean the excess lacquer from the edges of the frets and most of it cracks off quite easily but there are some spots which are tougher.
For a US strat I would expect a higher quality fret job, so wondering if it may have had a refret at some point..
Here is an example video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO4kuWhx3qU
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Then polish as normal
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