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Radius blocks/ gauges for 6 string basses


alembic1989
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Actually 16" is used on 6 stringers quite often, sometimes even lower. Anyway, there's a seller on Ebay who sells them upto 20" as long as your board is not too wide [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LUTHIERS-FINGERBOARD-RADIUS-SANDING-BLOCKS-/330852715968?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item4d085bcdc0"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4d085bcdc0[/url], or you could make your own pretty easily.

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This is a Portuguese based company but they sell stuff on ebay. Allready bought a few tolls and they where great.

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/16-Sanding-Radius-Block-Fingerboard-Fretboard-Luthier-/321353795529?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4ad22dc7c9"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/16-Sanding-Radius-Block-Fingerboard-Fretboard-Luthier-/321353795529?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4ad22dc7c9[/url]

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Most of the standard blocks are around 70mm wide you need something nearer 92mm for the end of a 6 string. I got a custom block make up for the wider finger boards but most of my finger boards are flat so it has not been used to often. I would be reluctant to put a 16" radius on a 6 string board. By the time you sand a 16" radius on to a normal board of between 5/6 mm deep there will not be much finger board left on the edge at the 24th fret. Quite a few have a compound radius to avoid this problem. 16" at the nut but nearer 25" by the 24th.

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