Wouldn't something that's flatter towards the middle and curved towards the edges give the best of both worlds? Seems like it'd allow a comfortable, curved feel while keeping the fretboard from choking out the high E on bends. Probably hard to achieve this with precision by hand, but I bet it'd be easy to program a CNC to do.
Random thought -- besides manufacturing complexity, why not have an oval fretboard?
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I agree that it would be more comfortable for some folks depending on preference, however, would it be more difficult to fret strings toward the edges of the fretboard, such as the low and high Es? Specifically, would there be a tendency to push the strings off the edges of the frets, since the fretboard would be sloping downwards? I wonder if I understand correctly what you mean by oval-shaped. Do you mean in profile, i.e., cross-sectioned?