hotgoalie11565 Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 This is something that has been intriguing me for a while now. When you do a compound radius on the fretboard, whereabouts do you begin blending in the flatter radius for the higher frets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazzyone Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 it depends on first and last radius. ..how much does it change and that only matters using radius blocks as you blend all these areas together with a long sanding block to complete the compound im sure someone with more knowledge will buzz in and phrase it better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanb Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 A conventional single-radius fretboard is a section of a cylinder. A compound-radius fretboard is a section of a cone. It is a continuous taper from the nut-end radius to the bridge end radius. The best way to achieve this is to use a long flat sanding bar and follow the path of the strings instead of staying parallel to the centerline of the neck. You can approximate it by using different radius sanding blocks, but i'm not a big fan of that method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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