NEW for 2020: More Compound Radius options!

[aarontunes]

2020 is here!! Finally, it's time for all our secrets to become known. Slowly. Over the next twelve months. Starting with this one:

Two new Compound Radius fretboards are now available as standard menu options. The are:

• 9.5"-14"
• 12"-16"

It's all explained here:

[youtube]https://youtu.be/zPnUHBd94xI[/youtube]

 

[stratamania]

Good news.

 

[swarfrat]

Almost exactly that much.... where's the 7.5?

 

[musicispeace]

12-16 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Woo hoo!

 

[AirCap]

Gonna be mean to The Aaron - you said ALL fingerboards are radiused.... Not classical fingerboards. Which makes me wonder - does Warmoth offer a FLAT fingerboard option?

 

[rgand]

Very cool. I'll have to give one of those a try on the next neck I purchase.

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

Gonna be mean to The Aaron - you said ALL fingerboards are radiused.... Not classical fingerboards. Which makes me wonder - does Warmoth offer a FLAT fingerboard option?

Perhaps he was referring to "All Warmoth Fingerboards"....

 

[swarfrat]

Classical is infinite radius.

 

[ByteFrenzy]

Have there ever been any negative radius fingerboards? Not that I could see why you would want that, but surely somebody somewhere at one time must have thought it was a great idea...

 

[T89Rex]

Are these the only two new compound radius options there'll be or are others part of the secrets to be revealed later?

 

[aarontunes]

Are these the only two new compound radius options there'll be or are others part of the secrets to be revealed later?

Nope, that's it.


We were going to do a 10.5"-13", 11"-15.5", and 9.75"-11.655", but then we said "nah."

 

[spe111]

I don't know if it would be popular with everyone, but I definitely would second the 7.25" suggestion.

 

[T89Rex]

Yeah I'd have liked one starting at 7.25 but I imagine we're a small market. Very excited to see what else is revealed this year.

 

[aarontunes]

I don't know if it would be popular with everyone, but I definitely would second the 7.25" suggestion.

I do.  :icon_biggrin:


At least I think I do.  :dontknow:


Not many people buying 7.25" radius any more. If we did 7.25"- 9.5" Compound, that could be a winner, but who knows. Not doing it now gives us something new to release in 2022!


Soooo...new radius options to consider for 2022:

• 7.25"-9.5" Compound radius
• Negative radius
• Infinite radius

 

[AirCap]

Have there ever been any negative radius fingerboards? Not that I could see why you would want that, but surely somebody somewhere at one time must have thought it was a great idea...

No, I can't imagine ANYONE thinking a reverse radius would be great idea unless they were a complete idiot.

 

[amon]

Why is a straight radius an up-charge.  It's less work.

[youtube]https://youtu.be/HB-BwUl6W7c?t=411[/youtube]

(FFwd to 6:50 for conclusions)

 

[swarfrat]

7.5" actually kinda NEEDS it.

 

[Cagey]

Why is a straight radius an up-charge.  It's less work.

You would think. But, it's possible it takes the neck out of the "standard" workflow of the shop, which means more handling, etc. and so more time/attention which of course costs money. But, I'm just guessing.

 

[aarontunes]

Why is a straight radius an up-charge.  It's less work.

You would think. But, it's possible it takes the neck out of the "standard" workflow of the shop, which means more handling, etc. and so more time/attention which of course costs money. But, I'm just guessing.

That's pretty much it.

For almost 40 years now Warmoth has been set up to produce the 10"-16" Compound Radius uber alles. It's what Ken felt was an improved design, and it has become a baked-in part of the W philosophy.


That may change in the future, or may not. Only the future knows.

 

[Rick]

To the future!  Excelsior !