H-140 neck radius

[fraidykat]

Hello, I've had my 140 for awhile now and love it.  I went to the Heritage site and looked up the specs.  I searched here too, but no luck. 

 

Is the neck radius 12" for a 140?  Are all of the solid bodies one type and the others another?  If there's a chart or list I'd appreciate someone pointing me to it.

 

Thanks!

Kate

[Kuz]

I asked Ren that question before.

 

He said all Heritage guitars (like all Gibsons before them) have 12" radius necks.

 

Hope it helps.

[big bob]

you can make a set of radius gages really easy and check for yourself. some of my heritage necks are closer to 11. check out dan erlwines book, it has a real easy step by step for checking and setting radius at the nut heel and bridge.. A proper set up can make a huge difference in playabilty and even tone..

[Kuz]

Yep, Heritages being handmade will have some variance in neck radius, no doubt about it.

 

But they shoot for a 12" neck radius. Mine are pretty consistent to 11.5" to 12". I can tell a big difference from Heritage neck radius and say the 10" PRS uses.

[cosmikdebriis]

Just to confuse the issue... The Schaller bridges (commonly used on Heritages) are a different radius which, I seem to recall, causes some buzzing on the 3rd and 4th strings if you try and lower the action too much.

 

Possibly there's a perfectly good reason for this but I'm damned if I can figure it out ???

[backline]

I'm not all that enthralled with the roller Schaller on my H-140, but it will probably stay awhile anyway.

 

I have an old Gibson ABR-1 kicking around my parts box I may eventually put on.

At least I could file the slots and get the radius perfect, if I cared about such things (I don't).

 

Having the radius match is the least of my technique problems!

My action's pretty "medium" anyway. I guess I'm just crude. Not sure it would matter were my hands webbed.

[High Flying Bird]

Having the radius match is the least of my technique problems!   My action's pretty "medium" anyway. I guess I'm just crude. Not sure it would matter were my hands webbed.

 

Same here.  I started playing slide and didn't have to raise the action. 

[backline]

Same here.  I started playing slide and didn't have to raise the action. 

 

Wow!

Welp, mine's not quite that high, but I sure don't like it all pinchey sounding and buzzy.