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Is it easier to do a bar chord on radiused fretboards? I've only been playing for 3 months but find getting a clean bar chord challenging. I'm playing a Kamoa super concert with flat fretboard.
Is it easier to do a bar chord on radiused fretboards? I've only been playing for 3 months but find getting a clean bar chord challenging. I'm playing a Kamoa super concert with flat fretboard.
me neitherSome people prefer the radius, and some prefer flat. It doesn't matter to me.
Is it easier to do a bar chord on radiused fretboards? I've only been playing for 3 months but find getting a clean bar chord challenging. I'm playing a Kamoa super concert with flat fretboard.
I already chimed in as liking radiused...
After playing about 6 months, I was able to go to the Blackbird factory in San Francisco. They had both a radiused and flat fretboard Clara that I could try and compare. That is when I was learning to barre and there was a distinct ease of forming the barre chords with the radiused. The situation was ideal as "all else being equal..." was in place. I put my money where my mouth was and ordered one with the radiused fretboard and it is one of my most used ukes a year later. This will be more important to me as my hand issues increase with advancing age.
I've never heard anyone say (or write) that playing on a flat fretboard was easier than on a radiused one; It's either the radiused is easier or it doesn't matter. For me, everything else being equal, a radiused fretboard is a little easier on my old hands with barre chords. I'm guessing that those with the strongest, healthiest hands care the least which they play.