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 Post subject: RADIUS
PostPosted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 12:12 pm 
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Just figured out the Electra's have a different radius, my 940 is definitely at 12" and i think the 310 is 14 or 15


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 Post subject: Re: RADIUS
PostPosted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 12:25 pm 
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My X340 and X330 MPC's are completely different;

The X340 has a slimmed down neck;

The X330 is more like a '58 LP neck - really fills your hand.

Both play extremely well with great action and intonation.

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 Post subject: Re: RADIUS
PostPosted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 1:37 pm 
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310 60s and 940 50s profile , strange that the 3 series are different from one to the other unless the years are too


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 Post subject: Re: RADIUS
PostPosted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 2:59 pm 
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Electra's fretboards were most likely hand finished to a fair degree. It doesn't take sanding much to change a 12" radius to a 14".


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 Post subject: Re: RADIUS
PostPosted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 3:20 pm 
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You wouldnt be sanding free hand would have to be with a radius sanding block


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 Post subject: Re: RADIUS
PostPosted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 5:12 pm 
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Yes but you can still get some variation.


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 Post subject: Re: RADIUS
PostPosted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:19 am 
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You should check out Rickenbacker production there is more hand work than any production electric guitars and the fret board radius are very uniform. They are a co that had strict dimensions and didn't change neck specs though out a run of production.


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