Radius Gauge for Guitar or Bass Fingerboard – Stainless Steel

What is a Radius Gauge for guitar?

All guitars, with the exception of classical guitars, have a slight curvature on their fretboards. The radius gives the player a bit more comfort in playing.

A guitar radius gauge (or fretboard or fingerboard radius gauge) is used  to make sure the fretboard radius matches the string radius setup. This is so the instrument is set up to produce the correct sound and so there is an optimum the level of comfort for the player.

Sizes:

Over the last 70 years of electric guitar manufacturing, guitars have been made with all kinds of different fretboard radii. Each manufacturer seems to come up with a slightly different size radius. Some manufactures have used different radii for the same line of guitars of the years.

• We have 2 Radius Gauge to choose:
  • The N1º  has 4 measures: 7.25″ (Vintage Fender) 9.50″ (Standard Fender) 10″ (Hibrid) 12″ (Gibson)
  • The N2º  has 4 measures: 14″ (Ibanez/Compound Radius) 15″ (Compound Radius) 16″ (Jackson/Compound) 20″ (Acoustic Guitars)
  • Buy the 2 tools cheaper!!!!
• Stainless Steel Laser Cut.. Dimentions: 72mm long.

Advantages:

Having the fingerboard and string radius match contributes to the best possible action adjustment for overall easy playability. The advantage of a guitar radius gauge is that it allows a quick visual check of the fretboard to be made. It keeps you from accidentally altering the shape, a mistake that’s easy to make and hard to fix.