thegarehanman Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 Normally, you only reference something's diameter when you're referring to a complete circle. It's pretty hard to measure the distance between two opposite sides of a curve that isn't even a half circle . It's just standard practice, that's why they use radius when referring to fingerboards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 Also why is it called a radius? Isn't a radius half diameter??lol.. Yup! That's EXACTLY why the fingerboard's curvature is called the radius. If you take the curvature of your fingerboard and CONTINUE with it instead of just stopping at the edge of your fingerboard, eventually you will complete a full circle. The radius measurement is the distance from the surface of your fingerboard to the imaginary centre of the imaginary circle you've created. In other words, imagine your fingerboard as just the shaving from the edge of a (for example) log with a 12" radius cross-section. Greg ← In other words, it's like pie. Mmmm, pie ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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