Compound Radius Guitar Fretboard Discussion - Should you buy a Guitar with a Compound Radius?

What is a compound radius fretboard and should you buy a guitar with one? This video discusses what a compound radius is and why you may or may not want one.
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00:00 Intro
00:04 What is a compound radius?
00:14 What is fretboard radius?
00:49 Why have a compound radius?
01:29 Is a compound radius right for you? How to test
02:49 My preference and recommendations
03:16 Look at the radius numbers and neck profile, not just if it’s compound
04:22 Having a compound radius or not is not a deal breaker but might matter live
05:09 Overall these guitars are tools
06:07 Outro
06:57 Cat

[@alice_piano]

Wonderful sharing! Have a nice day!👍🙌

[@HighZ]

Thank you! And I'll share more music soon. Making it takes a long time

[@SmarteeSteve]

Neat!
I just dink around on old hand-me-downs.
Put the strings back on and still working at Meower Clawanger.
It's less confusing after having only one string for a while. If the next note is 3 or 4 higher or lower, it's easier to go across to another string.
Really all depends on what's coming up or where a note has the best sound to it.

[@HighZ]

Definitely, awesome the strings are back. Hand me downs are awesome because they already have that played-in feel

[@umarfarook-ng7rs]

Thanks for this vid!!

[@HighZ]

Happy to help!

[@TakatsuguPiano]

👍15
Oh, so many guitar!! Thank you for the useful information, dear friend✨ Have a wonderful day🍀

[@HighZ]

You too, glad it was useful!

[@TK96]

Even thinking of compound radius in my mind feels weird and when I got to test one guitar with compound radius it felt weird.

[@HighZ]

It does feel odd and while I do see the benefits, its not my preference either

[@InterkosmosStudios]

Great video! Very well done! Congrats! New subscriber!

[@HighZ]

Thank you

[@blueswe332]

Nice informative video man 👍 you sure have a lot of guitars 😲

[@HighZ]

Thank you! And that's so they don't get lonely

[@BrianBower]

I like these kind of videos.

[@HighZ]

Thanks, glad these talking videos aren't silly!

[@knightstalker87]

Omghh.. long time no see bruh.. how's going 🤟🏾😁?

[@HighZ]

Hey yeah it's been a minute! I'm great. Hope you're doing well

[@akshayseller73]

Having been an Ibanez and fender player…. I just don’t feel comfortable with a compound radius. I play horribly… just buy what you are used to!

[@HighZ]

I find the more I play guitar, the more I feel the same way. Especially with Ibanez

[@the_old_desperado]

7.25!

[@HighZ]

That's such an insanely round radius to me!

[@the_old_desperado]

@@HighZ It's definitely amazing for chording imo, especially if you're using your thumb for the E string! I can totally see how people would prefer the more modern compound radius!

[@HighZ]

I hear you and can see how that would be trally good! My hands and brain can't handle big changes under the pressure of live playing so I personally need a uniform radius to have an expected position of where strings and frets will be, bit I can see how calmer people would appreciate this feature!

[@olavbrynildsen]

Hello. Great video. Enjoyed listening and a big 👍24from me. All the best Olav-new sub

[@HighZ]

Thanks, I'm very glad you enjoyed!

[@DarthCalculus]

They're guitar bifocals!

[@Metal-lz8td]

Pretty good way to describe it lol

[@HighZ]

Haha! That's good