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| Author: | B. Howard [ Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Fretboard radius? |
What radius do you or your customers prefer and on what type of guitar? Factories seem to span from 12-16 inch for steelstrings, curious what everyone else is doing. |
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| Author: | ChuckB [ Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fretboard radius? |
My standard if a spec guitar is a compound radius, 12" at the nut to 16" at the 20th fret. Chuck |
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| Author: | Rod True [ Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Fretboard radius? |
I use a compound type radius of 14" at the nut - 20" at the 21st fret (termination of the board) --- I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=49.068135,-122.373814 |
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| Author: | Tai Fu [ Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fretboard radius? |
How do you do a compound radius? do I make the board 16", and then sand the first 10 frets with the 10" block, or is there more to it? |
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| Author: | Rod True [ Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Fretboard radius? |
You can do it by hand but a jig is more repeatable. --- I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=49.068349,-122.373847 |
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| Author: | Tai Fu [ Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fretboard radius? |
Rod True wrote: You can do it by hand but a jig is more repeatable. --- I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=49.068349,-122.373847 So how do you make a jig for it, and what if I don't have a belt or thickness sander, because the only radius jigs (which allows the possibility of a compound radius) requires either one... |
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| Author: | Rod True [ Sat Feb 11, 2012 12:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Fretboard radius? |
No it doesn't. Most require a router. Do a search there are many threads here on compound jigs. --- I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=49.068201,-122.373841 |
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| Author: | B. Howard [ Sat Feb 11, 2012 3:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fretboard radius? |
So what are you guys building with compound radii? Dreads for flatpickers? OM's for fingerstyle? |
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| Author: | Rod True [ Sat Feb 11, 2012 4:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Fretboard radius? |
Everything I build now has a compound type radius. For either flat pick or finger style. 00 to GA --- I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=49.068214,-122.373827 |
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| Author: | ChuckB [ Sat Feb 11, 2012 9:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fretboard radius? |
Mine are also all compound radius. Parlor to dred. Chuck |
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