Back in the late 50's and early 60's did all strats have the same fretboard radius, and if they did what was it?

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7, 1/4" radius. 9.5" is a modern appointment. It is possible that some well worn guitars that have suffered many re-frets have worn in the center increasing the radius. I have a niggling suspicion that claptons blackie went that way, it is only a suspicion though.

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I see. Yeah, I was just wondering about it since so many vintage reissue guitars have a 9.5" radius.

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Well yknow fender employ it for near all but vintage reissues. I'd take that as the only hint fender are going to give that its better than actual vintage spec's. Truth be told i prefer 7.25 but have found my tastes changing sedate music these days.

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I thought I hated the 7.25, but the road worn I tried actually felt nice. I was kind of surprised by it.

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I prefer the 7.25 over the others.

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I didn't Lose my mind, I traded it for this guitar.

The vintage Fender radius is a comfortable neck to play but not friendly to those who like to bend because it will fret out.

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Never had an issue with fretting out.

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I didn't Lose my mind, I traded it for this guitar.

i never bend much above 1.25 tones. Thats a rare extreme occurance for me these days too

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Back in the day, even prior to a refret, some fingerboards had the frets themselves compound radiused at the higher frets (mine included). This was because you simply couldn't have a lower action with light gauge strings. Anytime you wanted to really bend one of the first three strings starting around the the 14th fret, they would cut out due to the steep fingerboard radius. And in the case of the maple fingerboards, in addition to the bends cutting out, your fingers would be slipping off the strings at the same time due to the slick fingerboard and small frets. Also, there was no such thing as scalloping your neck back then. If I remember correctly, Ritchie Blackmore was the first to do it himself in the 70s.

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If I play a vintage neck and compare it to a 12" radius that bend difference is noticebly to me. To me the modern Fender radius is a compromise between the two.

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Wheres the 14th fret again? i stop at te 10th.

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