What Year Did Jackson Start Compound Radius Fretboards?

[dinkyguitar]

Hi All,

I'm trying to measure my fretboard radius since I'm going to refret it but it looks to me that on my 93 Dinky XL that it's a 16" radius straight through...

It also could be that there's a very small difference between a 12" and 16" radius and I'm just not seeing it...

I am measuring it with radius gauges.

dinkyguitar

[DonP]

I don't think imports get the compound, or only certain ones do.

[Rich#6]

Always. The compound radius goes back to the model series.

[MetalMedal II]

Always. The compound radius goes back to the model series.

Damn straight! That's why I like em!

A good question is how far back does the compound radius go back in US-made J/Cs? My guess, back to Randy's original!

[Grandturk]

That's a goo question as to when the first compound radius boards came out of the Charvel shop. The first strat-heads were straight 12" radius boards. I assume that the first pointy Charvels were compound radius boards, but I don't know for sure. I think Randy's Concorde was a 12" straight radius based on his Les Paul.

Definately all Model series were compound, but I'm not sure about the cheapos that followed the Model series.

[DonP]

I could have sworn I saw recent brochures / catalogs saying imports were a flat radius. I'll have to look around for it.

[rjohnstone]

They were doing 16" radius at the nut back in 83/84.
I don't think the compound radius boards cam out until late 84/early 85.
I'm only going off of the spec sheets from 1984 that I found, so it's possible they used compound boards earlier.

[Mazz]

I could have sworn I saw recent brochures / catalogs saying imports were a flat radius. I'll have to look around for it.

http://jacksonguitars.com/features/js_series/neck.php

Apparently the JS series do, not sure about the old ones but the new ones definitely do.