I like 7.5 radius neck
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the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: I like 7.5 radius neck
I'll tell ya what...I used to HATE a vintage Fender radius and would never even bother with them but now one of my Strats has a vintage (7.25) and I don't mind it at all...it even has vintage fret wire...I won't lie it's a hard as hell guitar to play but I dig it!
I'll tell ya what...I used to HATE a vintage Fender radius and would never even bother with them but now one of my Strats has a vintage (7.25) and I don't mind it at all...it even has vintage fret wire...I won't lie it's a hard as hell guitar to play but I dig it!
Re: I like 7.5 radius neck
I'm mostly a rythym player so i enjoy a vintage Fender Radius sometimes..... The 9.5 is more practical so i go with modern necks mostly... But the radius of the vintage necks along with a 50's V shape neck, a 1 5/8 nut width and that just screams comfort for my hands. I have some Jacksons with paper thin, 16 radius necks that i enjoy for soloing.... I think different guitars for different reasons...
I'm mostly a rythym player so i enjoy a vintage Fender Radius sometimes..... The 9.5 is more practical so i go with modern necks mostly... But the radius of the vintage necks along with a 50's V shape neck, a 1 5/8 nut width and that just screams comfort for my hands. I have some Jacksons with paper thin, 16 radius necks that i enjoy for soloing.... I think different guitars for different reasons...
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theodie
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Re: I like 7.5 radius neck
Yup, 7.25 is for gays or, to be used to fire wood!!!
Yup, 7.25 is for gays or, to be used to fire wood!!!
Metalman_666
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Re: I like 7.5 radius neck
Watch it son... let's not get homophobic
fftopic:
Anyway, I don't like really small radii. I love that Jackson feel, but right now I'm playing a 12" inch radius.. it doesn't feel as great as 16" though, to my hands.
theodie said:
Watch it son... let's not get homophobic
fftopic: Anyway, I don't like really small radii. I love that Jackson feel, but right now I'm playing a 12" inch radius.. it doesn't feel as great as 16" though, to my hands.
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theodie
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Re: I like 7.5 radius neck
Do I look like the kind of guy that gives a rats A$$??????? LOL!!!!!!!Metalman_666 said:Watch it son... let's not get homophobic
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Lewguitar
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Re: I like 7.5 radius neck
You guys probably know this but the flatter the fingerboard the lower the action can be without the high E string fretting out when you bend a note across the fingerboard. So a 10" or 12" radius allows you to have low action and be able to bend the high E across the fingerboard whereas the 7.5" radius will fret out and choke off the note when you bend the high E across the fingerboard unless you set the action very high.
It's because the fingerboard is shaped like part of a cylinder...but when you bend a note, the string wants to see a cone shape (not a cylinder shape) in order not to fret out. Lew
You guys probably know this but the flatter the fingerboard the lower the action can be without the high E string fretting out when you bend a note across the fingerboard. So a 10" or 12" radius allows you to have low action and be able to bend the high E across the fingerboard whereas the 7.5" radius will fret out and choke off the note when you bend the high E across the fingerboard unless you set the action very high.
It's because the fingerboard is shaped like part of a cylinder...but when you bend a note, the string wants to see a cone shape (not a cylinder shape) in order not to fret out. Lew
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TwilightOdyssey
Darkness on the edge of Tone
Re: I like 7.5 radius neck
7 1/2", huh?
And I thought my 70s Strat neck was very curved at 9"!
All of my necks now have a 14" radius; practically twice as flat! Small radius IS great for comping chords, tho.
7 1/2", huh?
And I thought my 70s Strat neck was very curved at 9"!
All of my necks now have a 14" radius; practically twice as flat! Small radius IS great for comping chords, tho.
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: I like 7.5 radius neck
Ben,
Did you have the radius "flatened" to 9 on your Strat because it came stock with a 7.25 inch radius.
TwilightOdyssey said:
Ben,
Did you have the radius "flatened" to 9 on your Strat because it came stock with a 7.25 inch radius.
