I had always been told that a vintage radius was a big no if you liked doing lots of bending and twiddly bits.
Now I own a vintage radius guitar (ASAT Special) I find that it feels great for bending, but I suspect this is because it's got bleedin great big frets.
This is backed up by my Gretsch which has the same scale length and a 12" radius, but skinny frets and feels a lot less smooth for bendy goodness.
This leads me to believe that big frets are more important than a flat radius for smooth choke free bending.
interested to know others thoughts on the matter.
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I prefer big(ger) frets and a flat 'board, suits my hands best.
My Jackson has pretty small fret in comparison to the others, and I definitely struggle with bending strings more with that than any of the others.
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A guitar tech told me recently that some players have intonation difficulties with bigger frets.
I was a bit surprised. Or perhaps I think that intonation - to the nth degree- is a bit over-rated (except at the Nut).
I wonder if there are people who can't listen to some seventies albums becasue they are a bit off. It would be fun to see those recordings "corrected" and the sales then suddenly nosedive.......