gibson radius neck on a strat

[vtpcnk]

if the fretboard had the gibson radius (10" to 11" according to warmoth) will that work ok on a strat?

any issues with alignment of such a neck with the strat bridge etc?

appreciate any insight.

 

[Doughboy]

if the fretboard had the gibson radius (10" to 11" according to warmoth) will that work ok on a strat?

any issues with alignment of such a neck with the strat bridge etc?

appreciate any insight.

Any radius will work on any guitar as long as you adjust the bridge & nut to match the radius. I have everything from 12 to 14 to 16 to compound radius on my guitars & with the proper adjustments, they all play well.

 

[Cagey]

Not only can you have the radius you want, you can get different scale lengths as well. So, if you like the short scale of a Gibson neck (24.75") versus the Fender scale (25.5") or a baritone scale (28.5/8"), you can get that with a radius that makes you happy and it'll bolt right on to many different styles of body without any modification.

 

[Doughboy]

Cagey is correct.

My next build is a standard strat body, gibson scale neck with a 14 radius fingerboard & it should work & fit perfectly.

 

[Cagey]

I'm going to do that to one of my VIPs to see if it gets it closer to a Les Paul sound.