Fretboard Radius of USA Cruise 5?

[Michael_B]

If someone would share that info with me, I'd be grateful.

[JohnnyB]

 

[Michael_B]

I guess I'll gauge it, the next time I change strings... in about 4 years.

[Dave Scepter]

Hi Mike, I don't have an answer for you however, you can always use one of these... https://www.zoro.com/johnson-gauge-contour-2206/i/G0930675/?gclid=CjwKEAjwz9HHBRDbopLGh-afzB4SJABY52oFfqIWI-ZyUeJe9loX3E9Js9jbMfyIqVbe-CttIwxYCRoCBxvw_wcB

[JohnnyB]

Has anyone here had an issue with a Hamer USA's fretboard radius?

I tried out a Cruise Fiver at Bass Northwest and took to it like a duck to water. And my hands are not all that suited for playing bass.

Plus, it's not like you have to worry about "fretting out" on a bass the way you might with a 7.5" radius Tele when bending notes at the 14th fret.

 

[Michael_B]

2 hours ago, Dave Scepter said:

Hi Mike, I don't have an answer for you however, you can always use one of these... https://www.zoro.com/johnson-gauge-contour-2206/i/G0930675/?gclid=CjwKEAjwz9HHBRDbopLGh-afzB4SJABY52oFfqIWI-ZyUeJe9loX3E9Js9jbMfyIqVbe-CttIwxYCRoCBxvw_wcB

Those tools are great.  This is a great excuse to pick one up.  Thanks for the suggestion.

[Michael_B]

2 hours ago, JohnnyB said:

Has anyone here had an issue with a Hamer USA's fretboard radius?

I tried out a Cruise Fiver at Bass Northwest and took to it like a duck to water. And my hands are not all that suited for playing bass.

Plus, it's not like you have to worry about "fretting out" on a bass the way you might with a 7.5" radius Tele when bending notes at the 14th fret.

 

Good point.  I have little practical reason for asking.  In part, I was adjusting the truss rod and was looking on line for some guidance for a baseline number and those guidelines varied with radius.  Otherwise, I was just curious.

[JohnnyB]

5 hours ago, Michael_B said:

Good point.  I have little practical reason for asking.  In part, I was adjusting the truss rod and was looking on line for some guidance for a baseline number and those guidelines varied with radius.  Otherwise, I was just curious.

Since a 5-string has a middle string, it seems to me you first could tune all five strings to pitch and then use the middle string to set the tension. From there you would set the action for the middle string followed by the other four strings. This should even work for a compound radius fretboard, which I'm pretty sure doesn't appy to the Cruise 5 anyway.

[Steve Haynie]

Radius gauges are a good tool to have laying around. 

 

[crunchee]

So is a scale for weighing guitars. 

[JohnnyB]

4 hours ago, crunchee said:

So is a scale for weighing guitars. 

Particularly if you hang out at the Les Paul forum at The Gear Page. Actually I think it's a requirement there.