How important is the finger board radio?

[rgarcia26]

I got an fb from LMI slotted with no radio, I was wondering how good is the idea of using it just like that

 

[HaMMerHeD]

Some people prefer a flat fingerboard (no radius), and some can't stand it.

If you decide not to radius it, you will still want to sand the top, as it will have visible planer marks.

 

[Ben Noblit]

Well it lets you play entire songs, with complete vocals and instrumentation, without any practice at all, so I'd say it's pretty important.

On the other hand, there is at least a 75% chance of those songs being either a) Modern club-pop crap, or b) Stairway to Heaven, so YMMV.

 

[rgarcia26]

Some people prefer a flat fingerboard (no radius), and some can't stand it.

If you decide not to radius it, you will still want to sand the top, as it will have visible planer marks.

I have played classic guitars but I never seen before a bass guitar with no radio, anyways how different a 12" radio will be when compare to an 0" one.

 

[Porkbun]

I prefer flat because I can get ultra low action

 

[HaMMerHeD]

I have played classic guitars but I never seen before a bass guitar with no radio, anyways how different a 12" radio will be when compare to an 0" one.

A bit like this:

(shown as a 1/4"x3" fingerboard cross section)

 

[HogieWan]

I prefer flat because I can get ultra low action

Zero radius does not make it easier or harder to get low action

 

[NOVAX]

Does he mean Ratio or Radius?
I'm confused.

 

[Porkbun]

Zero radius does not make it easier or harder to get low action

Would this count as the placebo affect?

 

[colcifer]

*cough*infinite radius*cough*

 

[packhowitzer]

I love my finger board radio. it gets all the stations i like. so it's very important to me!

 

[RitchS]

Best radio for metal?

 

[Rocky McDougall]

One with dead batteries.

 

[crobasster]

I play classical guitar,but never thought of non radius bass fretboard.I think it would be interested,must try.

 

[Smilodon]

1: It's "radius" not "Radio". A radius is a part of a circle, a radio is for receiving broadcasts.

2: You can't have a fretboard (or anything) with no radius. It will be infinite radius. If something have NO radius it would consist of nothing at all.

3: You don't need a radius on your fretboard. It's simply a matter of taste. Just be aware that on some bridges the inner strings can't be adjusted as low as the outer strings. Something to check before you decide.

 

[Matthijs]

1 We should consider every post on the basis it may be typed on a smartphone.

2 Should we name every straight line an infinite radius line now ?

 

[Smilodon]

1: Smartphone keyboards also contain the letters "u" and "s".

2: No, because a straight line is a line.

3: I love numbering statements in posts.




OK, I'll stop nitpicking now.

 

[xmaddogx]

I read something from Will Ramirez that he likes flat fingerboards. I have made a few and have a customer that loves them. The only problem I have had with them was that I left them at a 1/4 inch thick, which is what I would start with before doing the radius. Next time I do it, I will thin it down so the neck isn't so thick.

 

[TC2112]

Mine has an alarm clock radius. I love it for napping during boring songs.

 

[Nev375]

I got an fb from LMI slotted with no radio, I was wondering how good is the idea of using it just like that

What kind of radio do you have in your pickup?