Fender: Channel bounding goodness

Fender has something new for us (but nothing revolutionary)- look at this bound-neck Tele. That's not actual binding.

Note that the 'binding' is of the same colour as the neck- well, that's the neck. This channel bound idea has the entire rosewood fretboard embedded into the neck. Meaning- the neck was carved out to accommodate the fretboard. Fender says this would make the neck feel whole, like a single unit instead of a neck with a fretboard piece glued onto it. The other benefit is of course, we get smoother edges all along the length. Awesome. The channel bound neck Strats & Teles are from the American Standard series so rest assured, the chances of getting a shoddy workmanship is slim.