Fretboard radius?
ScottMt
Posted 2008-08-13 1:41 PM (#26415)
Subject: Fretboard radius?


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Location: Montana		Hi can anyone tell me if steel 6 string Os all have the same radius on the fretboard and if so what the radius is? I can't seem to find this info on the Ovation website. Thanks!
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Jeff W.
Posted 2008-08-13 1:44 PM (#26416 - in reply to #26415)
Subject: Re: Fretboard radius?


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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub		I think its 10.5...
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Rémy
Posted 2008-08-13 2:47 PM (#26417 - in reply to #26415)
Subject: Re: Fretboard radius?


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Location: Angoulême - France		Jeff is right : today they don't make other radius than their standard 10" for all steel strings Os and Adamas(except flat radius for classical guitars) and the piezo OCP-1 for steel strings has a 10" radius too (flat fort nylon strings of course)... but old first Folklore or Josh White had a more flat radius (14") with their 1 7/8" width neck...
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Beal
Posted 2008-08-13 8:18 PM (#26418 - in reply to #26415)
Subject: Re: Fretboard radius?



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Location: 6 String Ranch		I thought it was 12" but what do I know?
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moody, p.i.
Posted 2008-08-14 1:45 AM (#26419 - in reply to #26415)
Subject: Re: Fretboard radius?


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Originally posted by Mauvais Beal:
I thought it was 12" but what do I know?
Over time, we're slowly finding out......
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Rémy
Posted 2008-08-14 3:09 AM (#26420 - in reply to #26415)
Subject: Re: Fretboard radius?


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Location: Angoulême - France		I tried to do make a slight radius (16") on my custom UT, they tried too but they couldn't...that's why I know that
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Gallerinski
Posted 2008-08-14 6:07 AM (#26421 - in reply to #26415)
Subject: Re: Fretboard radius?
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Location: Phoenix AZ		As far as I know they are all 10" except for the flat nylon models according to all the old spec sheets. Of course I never actually measured one.

Dave
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Beal
Posted 2008-08-14 7:25 AM (#26422 - in reply to #26415)
Subject: Re: Fretboard radius?



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Location: 6 String Ranch		I think that's probably right Dave. Old Fenders were 7.5.

Trends over time.
We see necks getting wider going from 1 1/2 or 1 11/16 to 1 3/4 or 13/16
We see necks getting flatter. The 50s Teles were 7.5 and others were as well. Warmoth necks now have a compound radish that starts at 10 for the cowboy chords but flattens out to 16 to make bending above the 12th fret easier. The old ones would choke out.
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Gallerinski
Posted 2008-08-14 8:35 AM (#26423 - in reply to #26415)
Subject: Re: Fretboard radius?
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Location: Phoenix AZ		Tak doesn't do compound radius, they do variable neck profile, right? The actual shape of the neck carve is somewhat asymmetrical and varies slightly as you go up the neck? Or maybew I just dreamed that up. I dunno.

Dave
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cliff
Posted 2008-08-14 8:40 AM (#26424 - in reply to #26415)
Subject: Re: Fretboard radius?


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Location: NJ		No. You didn't.

MasterWhitehead's Hirade is visiting w/me, and th'neck's "like that" . . . .
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Beal
Posted 2008-08-14 9:11 AM (#26425 - in reply to #26415)
Subject: Re: Fretboard radius?



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Location: 6 String Ranch		you're right
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