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Does anyone have a Fender guitar with a 12 inch radius fretboard as opposed to the more standard 9.5 inch?
I'm looking at this Fender Deluxe Telecaster Thinline, that’s described as having a neck that feels ‘notably flat’. I’m just wondering how much different this would feel compared to a standard Telecaster neck.
I’ve got an Epiphone Les Paul that I presume has a 12 inch radius, and to be honest I much prefer the feel of a standard Fender neck. I find the Epiphone a bit too chunky - is this because of the flatter radius or just the overall width and shape of the neck?
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I accept it (theoretically) allows for a lower action without choking - it just doesn't feel like a Fender guitar to me....
I can only give a personal opinion - obviously different aspects of guitar construction work for different players - but 12" just feels 'too' flat on a Fender guitar.
different in feel.
I have an EJ strat and I think it's not so much the radius but the combination of the girth of the 50's style neck and the radius which makes it feel different. If the modern 9.5 radius guitars had massive boat necks instead of slim C shapes then I think there would comments on them also.
My opinion is that the chunkiness that you refer to is to do with the dimensions of the neck - not the shape of the fretboard. There is a big difference (imo) in the feel of different radius boards, but that's a different issue to the chunkiness of the neck.
if you'd asked me a year or two ago what my favourite radius was, I'd have said 7.25" - hands down. However, I have to say that I just love the neck on my CP strat. It's nice not to have to worry about choking out when bending, although I'm absolutely convinced that the reason so many older strats sound so good has a lot to do with the rounded radius boards and the fact that their action is set higher to compensate. Raising the action leads to a much better sounding guitar imo.