RowanS Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 (edited) G'day all. I'm starting my first project pretty soon, and I've found what I've been after in old threads on here thus far (thanks alot), but I've got a question about compound radius fretboards. So I bought a pre-slotted compoud radius board off stewmac, so what radius do the frets have to be bent to before I install them? Or are there any pre-rediused frets that I can use? And when cutting it to size, will I just find center, then cut the same amount of each side? One more thing, will I have to do any radius sanding, or anything like that before I install frets? Thanks alot, and I look forward to being an active member on the forum. Cheers, Rowan. Edited January 15, 2006 by RowanS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 You don't need to bend to any pre-determined radius; just make sure they're a bit overbent, so the ends will stay down. Eyeball it. If you need to level the board (check that it's flat with a straightedge), either use a long, flat sanding board, or a series of radius blocks. I vote for long flat thing (string path below each string should be flat). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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