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| Author: | segovia [ Wed Apr 28, 2010 3:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Neck Radius |
Hi All What would you say is the most common neck radius is of a steel string acoustic? J |
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| Author: | JohnAbercrombie [ Wed Apr 28, 2010 4:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Neck Radius |
Do you mean fingerboard radius? Something around 16" seems common, but really...whatever you want! Pick a guitar you like and copy the fingerboard... |
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| Author: | segovia [ Wed Apr 28, 2010 4:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Neck Radius |
I checked Cumpiano's book and there is no mention of a specific radius, just take a sharp plane to it and plane ! Seems odd having nothing to work to John |
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| Author: | woody b [ Wed Apr 28, 2010 4:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Neck Radius |
Martins are 16" (maybe not all of them????, but most of them) Taylors are 15" Gibsons are 12" (maybe not all of them?????) Larrivee's are a compound radius that's pretty flat 15" at the nut, 21" at the other end (????) |
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| Author: | JohnAbercrombie [ Wed Apr 28, 2010 5:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Neck Radius |
segovia wrote: Seems odd having nothing to work to John You definitely should make a 'template' of some kind, or use a ''radius sanding block' to make sure you don't leave the middle flat and the edges rounded off too much. That's a common (and easy) mistake and causes lots of grief when the fret ends won't seat properly. Steve Senseney has posted some handy radius gauges in a .pdf file over at MIMF: http://www.mimf.com/library/senseny_radiusgauges.pdf Cheers John |
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