Devon8822 Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 Ok, I have been wondering this for a while. So If I have a 7.5" radius strat neck for example, and i dislike that radius is it possible to refret the guitar with frets that are like 12" or 16" radius? Is it the frets that decide the radius or the fingerboard? when you buy frets do you choose radius? or do you have to shape the frets to the neck? So basically I want to know if i can take a fretboard with 7.5" radius and refret it to make it have a 12" or 16" radius... thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar2005 Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 (edited) Ok, I have been wondering this for a while. So If I have a 7.5" radius strat neck for example, and i dislike that radius is it possible to refret the guitar with frets that are like 12" or 16" radius? Is it the frets that decide the radius or the fingerboard? when you buy frets do you choose radius? or do you have to shape the frets to the neck? So basically I want to know if i can take a fretboard with 7.5" radius and refret it to make it have a 12" or 16" radius... thanks! The radius is determined by the fretboard. If you want to change the radius on your guitar, pull out all of the frets, re-radius the fretboard and install new frets. Simple, eh? Edited October 9, 2007 by guitar2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon8822 Posted October 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Ok, I have been wondering this for a while. So If I have a 7.5" radius strat neck for example, and i dislike that radius is it possible to refret the guitar with frets that are like 12" or 16" radius? Is it the frets that decide the radius or the fingerboard? when you buy frets do you choose radius? or do you have to shape the frets to the neck? So basically I want to know if i can take a fretboard with 7.5" radius and refret it to make it have a 12" or 16" radius... thanks! The radius is determined by the fretboard. If you want to change the radius on your guitar, pull out all of the frets, re-radius the fretboard and install new frets. Simple, eh? are you serious? I thought that you could just put frets on with a different radius? not that i dont trust you but can someone else confirm that? very interesting... So how come you cannot do it like that anyways? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 frets have a constant height - they follow the radius of the fretboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyonsdream Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Stew Mac makes an excellent book for beginner fretting. Seriously, look into it before you ever touch frets! Messing up a fret job can cause serious damage and in some cases can require a new fret board to fix the damage. I've seen frets that have been forced into a radius that's different than the fret board. They have a ton of meat in the middle and very little on the ends. It looks ugly and plays ugly too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihocky2 Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Think about what you trying to do. A tighter radius means that the ends are lower than the middle by quiet a bit. A 12" or 14" is a lot flatter. Meaning that you would barely have any of the fret tang in the slot. It simply will not work at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 are you serious? I thought that you could just put frets on with a different radius? not that i dont trust you but can someone else confirm that? very interesting... So how come you cannot do it like that anyways? I can confirm that. trust us. we know what we are talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 I'm quite inspired by this thread. So much so, that I'm going to force a pair of 6L6 tubes into a solid state amp with a rubber mallet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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