Neck Shapes - Radius, Saber, S Series

kirk · #1 01-29-2002, 03:24 AM

Which of the aforementioned has the closest to a JS neck shape?

TIA

cool9 · #2 01-29-2002, 03:39 AM

Radius I believe.

nuno · #3 01-29-2002, 08:01 AM

Come on, Rich, RikkBeatty, you JS' experts, give Kirk a help!

JESTER700 · #4 01-29-2002, 08:32 AM

Radius, without a doubt. *I've owned them all.

Rich · #5 01-29-2002, 02:22 PM

Quote:

nuno on 7:01 am on Jan. 29, 2002
Come on, Rich, RikkBeatty, you JS' experts, give Kirk a help!

Jeez, a guy can't even catch a little shut eye around here!

The Radius will be closer in dimension, but *neither* of them are at all like a JS in profile.

rikkbeatty · #6 01-30-2002, 11:27 AM

I have neve played a Radius or a S Series but I did own a Saber back in 1992 and it felt nothing like the JS neck. There is a difference between the JS1 neck and the JS1000 neck so maybe the Radius neck compares better to one than the other?

(Edited by rikkbeatty at 10:27 am on Jan. 30, 2002)

JESTER700 · #7 01-30-2002, 03:35 PM

The newer (1997 and later) JS1000 has a compound or conical radius to the fretboard. *The older 1000s were like the JS1, and had a rounder radius than a..ahem... Radius. *The Radius guitar had the standard Ibanez 430mm, the JS had a rounder 250mm.

Details at
http://jemsite.com/axes/htm_features/det_nk.htm

The Radius guitar had an "ultra" neck.

And IIRC, the JS models have narrower (and real Dunlop!) fretwire.