Round-lam neck constructionAnother atypical feature of the LTD Bent Top Tele is its round-lam neck, made from AA birdseye maple topped with a rosewood fretboard. Round-lam is an alternative to "slab" necks, which glue a flat fretboard to a flat neck. A round-lam neck uses a pre-radiused neck and joins it with a pre-radiused fretboard, normally thinner than a slab fretboard. Some guitarists claim that a rounded-lam neck lets more of the tone of the neck wood to come through (as opposed to the fretboard wood's tone), and also claim that it's a stronger construction method because there's more surface area for the glue used to join the neck and fretboard
