NEW for 2020: More Compound Radius options!
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I ordered a Superwide 16" straight radius neck, and had one been available I would have ordered a dead flat neck.
Very very happy with it. I can now play proper chords in normal tuning. My other guitars are all in open tunings because I couldn't persuade my fat bass-player fingers into those funny shapes on narrow necks.
Feel. It's all in the feel. 10thou isn't much but you can feel it. It makes the difference between wrong and right.
A non-guitar example.
My ex wanted a 900 Ducati but found it too big for her.
Try the 750 I said - but it's about the same size she said.
I know I said, but it's half an inch narrower and a bit shorter.
She tried it - went aaahhh! And bought the 750 Ducati.
Very very happy with it. I can now play proper chords in normal tuning. My other guitars are all in open tunings because I couldn't persuade my fat bass-player fingers into those funny shapes on narrow necks.
Feel. It's all in the feel. 10thou isn't much but you can feel it. It makes the difference between wrong and right.
A non-guitar example.
My ex wanted a 900 Ducati but found it too big for her.
Try the 750 I said - but it's about the same size she said.
I know I said, but it's half an inch narrower and a bit shorter.
She tried it - went aaahhh! And bought the 750 Ducati.
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Cagey said:
Yo, brovolone cheese 30 seconds into their fret department video they show a guy slamma lamma-ing frets into a neck. He doesn't change out the pusher-down things very often
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they show him change it once or twice but they cut away after like, 8 or 9 frets or so, so you don't get to see the whole neck. i wouldnt mind a live webcam feed of the warmoth shop. even if it was B&W (black & white) with no sound. i'd leave it on all day just to see the busy folks werkin' on stuff. somebody get Aaron on that.
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Just a suggestion - if you think playing a flat fretboard is easier, you may want to find a music store that sells classic guitars and try to play one. Its... enlightening.[/quote]
Also mandolins and ukuleles. I've given my mandos and ukes away because of the uncomfortable necks. Love the concepts of those string configurations, but can't find any instrument that feels comfortable to play.
Just a suggestion - if you think playing a flat fretboard is easier, you may want to find a music store that sells classic guitars and try to play one. Its... enlightening.[/quote]
Also mandolins and ukuleles. I've given my mandos and ukes away because of the uncomfortable necks. Love the concepts of those string configurations, but can't find any instrument that feels comfortable to play.
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He dismisses compound radius by arguing that those tiny fractions of an inch don't make a difference to him, and therefore shouldn't make a difference to anyone.[/quote]
Not exactly. He says the changing radius is just the wood. Once you put the frets in and hammer/file on them for a bit, the few thousands difference could be made not there anymore.
He dismisses compound radius by arguing that those tiny fractions of an inch don't make a difference to him, and therefore shouldn't make a difference to anyone.[/quote]
Not exactly. He says the changing radius is just the wood. Once you put the frets in and hammer/file on them for a bit, the few thousands difference could be made not there anymore.
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Logrinn said:If anyone is interested and going to NAMM then perhaps you could swing by Vigier's booth (if they'll be there). Their Shawn Lane signature model features a flat fretboard.
Interesting...I'll have to seek that out while I'm there next week.
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BroccoliRob said:
There's reasons why you only see what we let you see.
REASONS!
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that's fine, i'll accept just a 24-hour live feed face cam of you, Mr. Aaron, you Q T 3.14 (get it?)
when I was about 10 i traded my 10-speed bike for a broken microwave. planning to construct a mind control ray. I connected the innards of the dismantled microwave unit to a tape recorder (which repeated the phrase "let robert have ice cream for dinner and paint his room walls black". i put it behind teh couch in the living room (where my parents were watching tv) and plugged it into the wall socket. unfortunately the only results were being thrown across the room, getting third degree burns on my hands, and forgetting how to do long division.
Can you imagine if webcams existed back then and there was a live feed of my childhood exploits? i could've been on and probably won American's funniest home videos feat. Robert Saget.
Anywho, i'm dangerously close to ordering a 9.5-14" neck, though. as dangerously close as Cheetos are dangerously cheesy. seems like it would be a good fit for Floyds, not that i've had troubs (trouble) with the 10-16 so far
when I was about 10 i traded my 10-speed bike for a broken microwave. planning to construct a mind control ray. I connected the innards of the dismantled microwave unit to a tape recorder (which repeated the phrase "let robert have ice cream for dinner and paint his room walls black". i put it behind teh couch in the living room (where my parents were watching tv) and plugged it into the wall socket. unfortunately the only results were being thrown across the room, getting third degree burns on my hands, and forgetting how to do long division.
Can you imagine if webcams existed back then and there was a live feed of my childhood exploits? i could've been on and probably won American's funniest home videos feat. Robert Saget.
Anywho, i'm dangerously close to ordering a 9.5-14" neck, though. as dangerously close as Cheetos are dangerously cheesy. seems like it would be a good fit for Floyds, not that i've had troubs (trouble) with the 10-16 so far
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BroccoliRob said:
I totally get it!
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Cagey said:
Outed. :doh:
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