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<blockquote data-quote="Electrodave" data-source="post: 22445237" data-attributes="member: 343811">Almost all guitar fretboards are radiused, the big exception being classical/flamenco guitars.&nbsp; Almost all Fender guitars have a 9.5&quot; radius, while almost all Gibsons have a 12&quot; radius.&nbsp; Sometimes you see 16&quot; radii on Japanes and Korean guitars.The fretboard radius is like taking a slice of a circle the width of the fretboard.&nbsp; So a 9.5&quot; radius is more round than a 12&quot; radius.&nbsp; There are also compound radii, where the radius might be 10&quot; or so, and the radius at the last fret might be between 12&quot; and 16&quot;.&nbsp; It&#039;s like taking a slice of a cone rather than that of a circle.Where at?&nbsp; I&#039;m always looking for parts.I&#039;m not sure that it makes intonation any easier, but it certainly does insure against open string buzz.I got squonk pins with both.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Electrodave, post: 22445237, member: 343811"] Almost all guitar fretboards are radiused, the big exception being classical/flamenco guitars. Almost all Fender guitars have a 9.5" radius, while almost all Gibsons have a 12" radius. Sometimes you see 16" radii on Japanes and Korean guitars. The fretboard radius is like taking a slice of a circle the width of the fretboard. So a 9.5" radius is more round than a 12" radius. There are also compound radii, where the radius might be 10" or so, and the radius at the last fret might be between 12" and 16". It's like taking a slice of a cone rather than that of a circle. Where at? I'm always looking for parts. I'm not sure that it makes intonation any easier, but it certainly does insure against open string buzz. I got squonk pins with both. [/QUOTE]

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