Fender Stratocaster Fretboard Construction Timeline

[Sigmania]

Starting a thread to lay out the changes in the necks on Strats. So many odd variations I wanted to see how it looked in a timeline.

 

[Sigmania]

Borrowing from Wikipedia (italics) and editing out stuff not related to neck construction.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster

To summarise, the specific features in the evolution of the Fender Stratocaster between 1954 and 1979 included:

1954–1959, one piece maple necks (including fretboard);
1959–1962, thick Brazilian rosewood (Dalbergia nigra) fretboard known as a "slab-board";
1962–1966, thin Brazilian rosewood fretboard known as a "veneer-board";
1966 Bound fretboard.*
1966–1969, Indian rosewood or optional separate laminated "maple cap" fretboards;