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Originally Posted by mountainmaster
16" radius.
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Thanks.
If we think of a flat fretboard is a radiused fretboard with infinite radius, 100% of the finger force is orthogonal to the fret, preventing sideways slippage. As the radius gets smaller, a higher percentage of finger force is tangential to the fret, facilitating sideways slippage.
While this is not a big deal for steel strings, due to high string tension, it's clearly a design issue with lower tension nylon strings.
I think a 20" radius will reveal itself to be optimal for nylon crossovers.