ShatnersBassoon Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 (edited) I’m really curious about the idea of a flat fretboard and I am tempted to give it a try. I’ve been interested in this ever since I found out that Shawn Lanes guitar had zero radius, I believe partly to facilitate an ultra low action that was suited to speedy moments and to help with his arthritis. Any thoughts? I’ve played a classical guitar with no radius but never an electric! Edited September 17, 2018 by ShatnersBassoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 my current build is no radius. I love playing on classical guitars, but then I have loved playing on 7.5" radius too... just pushes one in a different direction. I like my action as low as possible... to where there is no buzz if played soft... but string/fret buzz if played hard. Like you I am hopeful that no radius will play nice... but in this case the whole reason for going that route is because of slide guitar. I find it much easier to play slide if I only have to worry about dampening strings I'm not using... and not slide position. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShatnersBassoon Posted September 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 It’s a difficult one because my playing style is mainly fingerpicking now and my ‘lead’ days were a long time ago. However would like to revisit those days on a guitar that felt right for fingerboard acrobatics . That’s an interesting point about slide! I never was great at it but then I didn’t practice enough. Anyway most intrigued. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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