Stickmangumby Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 For the life of me, I just can't understand fingerboard radius measurements. I mean, I know that the smaller the radius, the more curved the fingerboard is, and that there are compound radius's where the fingerboard progresses from curved near the nut to flatter on the higher frets for bending, BUT what on earth is the actual measurement of? What is 7.5" radius a measurement of? Where is the 7.5 from?? This may be quite simple, and I don't even need to know, but for the life of me I can't figure it out, and nothing I've read has explained it! Haha, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerb Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 If a circle were completed based on the curve of the fingerboard, that circle would have a 7.5" radius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickmangumby Posted January 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Alrighty! That makes perfect sense, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Yeah, now I want you to find out what the radius of the Earth is supposed to be, then make some radius gauges to check it, and you need to check it all over, and tell us if the radius is off anywhere. If I find out Canada is a compound radius, I'm going to march right up there with a huge sanding block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Yeah, now I want you to find out what the radius of the Earth is supposed to be, then make some radius gauges to check it, and you need to check it all over, and tell us if the radius is off anywhere. If I find out Canada is a compound radius, I'm going to march right up there with a huge sanding block. ← I thought the earth was flat.. haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 It better be, or he's got a little too much work to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Yeah, now I want you to find out what the radius of the Earth is supposed to be, then make some radius gauges to check it, and you need to check it all over, and tell us if the radius is off anywhere. If I find out Canada is a compound radius, I'm going to march right up there with a huge sanding block. ← If I figured it right (and I probably didn't) the radius of the earth is approximately 7930.5 miles. Give or take. But don't lose a bet over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Yeah, I figured it was something like that, which means a StewMac 20" radius gauge should be close enough. Trying to make really lame humor more acceptable for 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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