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Fretboard Radius


Deja

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I'm sure this has been asked at least 47,251 times by now, however i was unable to find the answer searching.

With the fingerboard radius, is lower or higher better for chording and bending. I think that lower is better for chording, however i may be wrong.

I am going to test out new guitars and i am particularly interested in the '57 american vintage strats, however they have a '7.25 radius, i just need to know if this is going to seriously affect aspects of my playing, or if the difference is mostly mental. Thanks

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I'm sure this has been asked at least 47,251 times by now, however i was unable to find the answer searching.

With the fingerboard radius, is lower or higher better for chording and bending. I think that lower is better for chording, however i may be wrong.

I am going to test out new guitars and i am particularly interested in the '57 american vintage strats, however they have a '7.25 radius, i just need to know if this is going to seriously affect aspects of my playing, or if the difference is mostly mental. Thanks

rounder is more comfortable for chords, and flatter is more comfortable for soloing etc. ofcuz this also kinda relies on personal preference and opinion.
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if you do a lot of string bending at the 12th fret or higher you'll find that the compound radius that wes mentioned will reduce the chances of fretting out while bending. strats with rounder radii are nortorious for this.

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Smaller radii are more comfortable for chording, larger radii allow higher bends before the string frets out.

Think of it as a complete circle; a circle with a smaller radius will be a smaller circle(obviously), so the surface will have a harder curve. Conversely, a circle with a larger radius will be bigger and have a more gradual surface curve.

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