Pie Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Unfortunately I don't think I'll be able to find an IBJL Casino to test out before I place an order and one thing I'm picky about is fretboard radius. I can't deal with too much curvature. I recently bought a 2001 mexi tele and love the radius on it but I don't know what the measurement is. Do any of you guys know if a 2001 mexi tele would have a similar radius to the Casino? Anyone have an up close picture of the Casino's fretboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deflepfan Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 I believe the Tele radius is much tighter than a Casino. Tele's are about 9" where a Cassie is 14". http://www.epiphone.com/news.asp?NewsID=1635 You can print this to use to find exactly what the Tele radius is. http://www.pickguardian.com/pickguardian/Images/Pickguardian%20Neck%20Radius%20Gauges.pdf Sheila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 I believe the Tele radius is much tighter than a Casino. Tele's are about 9" where a Cassie is 14". http://www.epiphone.com/news.asp?NewsID=1635 You can print this to use to find exactly what the Tele radius is. http://www.pickguardian.com/pickguardian/Images/Pickguardian%20Neck%20Radius%20Gauges.pdf Sheila The numbers are telling me the Casino must be flatter then a tele, which would be great for me, but I hope I'm not misunderstanding something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deflepfan Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 The numbers are telling me the Casino must be flatter then a tele' date=' which would be great for me, but I hope I'm not misunderstanding something. [/quote']You are not misunderstanding. Think of two circles, one is 9" wide and one is 14" wide. The arc of the 9" wide circle would be the same arc of the Tele neck. Likewise, the arc of the 14" circle would be the same as the arc of the Casino neck, a flatter arc. (Better for string bending, so I'm told.) Sheila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 You are not misunderstanding. Think of two circles' date=' one is 9" wide and one is 14" wide. The arc of the 9" wide circle would be the same arc of the Tele neck. Likewise, the arc of the 14" circle would be the same as the arc of the Casino neck, a flatter arc. (Better for string bending, so I'm told.) Sheila [/quote'] Perfect. After wanting a Rickenbacker for years, I bought a used one off the internet without playing it first and the fretboard radius happened to be much more curved then modern Rickenbacker fretboards are. The seller even noted that it had a "vintage radius" but I didn't understand what that meant at the time. So unfortunately I decided to sell it off after not being able to adjust to it. Didn't want that to happen again. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ataylor Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 The Casino neck is going to be pretty close to an acoustic guitar's neck radius. For example, the Casino is 14" and my Taylor acoustic is 15". Also, I have an IBJL Casino in sunburst and you won't regret your purchase. They're great guitars. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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