Chubbuck Guitars / Kevin Chubbuck, making & repairing guitars in an old building just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
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fingerboard radius
Bridge Radius Mismatch :: 2012 Gibson Les Paul Studio [8.0 lbs]
The A string was significantly lower on this gold top Les Paul Studio with respect to the fingerboard and was causing fret buzz. The other saddles notches were filed down to match the radius and the action corrected. This was the most mismatched bridge radius I've seen yet on a tuneomatic.
Flatter Fingerboard Radius :: 1994-95 Fender Telecaster
The combination of the vintage 7.25" fingerboard radius and rise over the body was choking out big bends high up the neck for this player. We decided to flatten the extreme radius down to 10"R and plane down the body hump in the process.
Bridge radius matches fingerboard :: Melita Syncro-Sonic Bridge on a 1967 Guild Starfire IV
The bridge had smaller radius than the fingerboard, so the middle strings were higher off of the frets than the outer strings. Correcting this involved filing the middle four string saddles to lower them enough to fall in line with the fingerboard's arch.
Sunset fingerboard sand :: 1967 Guild Starfire IV
Being able to steer this neck jig into the sunset and back light the fingerboard sand is just ridiculous. It makes checking the radius really accurate - incredibly lucky to have this much natural light in the shop.
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