Fender Body Radius...

[LukeFRC]

Hello, I wondered if someone knew something bout this....
I quite like a nice curve on my bass body, I sold a lovely valenti as the thing had fairly sharp 'modern' corners.

My JV squier has very round body, and feels more round than current fenders.
Then looking through that john entwhistle bass collection book I noticed the early '60's (is that pre CBS?) ones seem more curved than the late 60's ones, which would make sense as my JV copiied a late 50's bass. It's not a massive difference, just a slight one.

or am I talking dogs poo poo?

[Vibrating G String]

If the rounding is blended in nicely it will appear to be a larger radius than if the edge of the rounding is more visible. The older one may have had a bit more time being hand sanded.

[Circle_of_Fifths]

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='1259970' date='Jun 7 2011, 09:30 AM']Hello, I wondered if someone knew something bout this....
I quite like a nice curve on my bass body, I sold a lovely valenti as the thing had fairly sharp 'modern' corners.

My JV squier has very round body, and feels more round than current fenders.
Then looking through that john entwhistle bass collection book I noticed the early '60's (is that pre CBS?) ones seem more curved than the late 60's ones, which would make sense as my JV copiied a late 50's bass. It's not a massive difference, just a slight one.

or am I talking dogs poo poo?[/quote]


The '51s are about 1/4" or just enough to break the sharpness of the edges.

Then with the sculptured/offset bodies they they went to 3/8" or close to 10MM.

The somewhat later versions are about 1/2" or 13MM.

[ikay]

Vintage Fenders have a 1/2" body radius.

According to the blurb on fender.com the new American Standards are the same:

"The Fender American Standard Series Jazz Bass has a vintage body radius"