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The reason that maple is the most widely used wood for a neck is because of it's consistency and strength. Throughout the length of the board, the grain, strength, and hardness is very consistent. It has very little grain runout throughout the board length.
The famous "dead spots" are not due to the maple itself. It is more due to the headstock design that fender used, but with a properly cut nut and proper down pressure of the strings over the nut, you can pretty much eliminate those dead spots.
I've owned quite a few Fender basses in my years of playing and have never had one that had dead spots.
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