quito195 Posted November 29, 2003 Report Share Posted November 29, 2003 alright is it possible to buy say a warmoth fretboard thats radiused to 10" and change it to a 16" radius or is there not enough wood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www Posted November 29, 2003 Report Share Posted November 29, 2003 Should be enough material I would think. Going the other way would be more problematic. Basically you're just flattening the fret board. Hey, but what do I know. I'm still learning. Maybe someone with more experience will know otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted November 29, 2003 Report Share Posted November 29, 2003 actually i would think going from 16" TO 10" would be safer, since little wood was removed in the first place to give the 16", then u'd just be removing a bit more on the sides to get the 10", where as the going from a 10" to 16" u're removing wood from the center making the fingerboard thinner, at leats more so then taking it off the sides to make the 10" from a 16"..... anyone understand that? words and sentence structure aren't my forte in either case u'r not removing a hudge amount of wood anyways, i know eric johnson had the fingerboards on a coupel of his fender necks flattened out to a really flat radius... ... so yes it's possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www Posted November 29, 2003 Report Share Posted November 29, 2003 Derek, you're right. It will depend on the amount of thickness in the center of the fret board. It will defintely effect the action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted November 29, 2003 Report Share Posted November 29, 2003 Sholdnt be a prob either way, as long as the edges are at least 1/16" thick. Bu be caerfin not to have side ots come thru. Keep in mind, a scallop takes off more wood n the 1st fret than you will on the whole neck going o a 16" radius from a 10" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted November 29, 2003 Report Share Posted November 29, 2003 fretboards are generally about 3/16" thick on the sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quito195 Posted November 30, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 I'm not doin any inlays on this neck anyways so thats not a problem thanks for the advice guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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