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I've been up in the air about getting a good feel for a new Warmoth parts guitar I have put together recently. Most of my discomfort is due to the flatter radius that is on the neck. It's a Warmoth pro, so it has that compound radius of 10" at the nut to 16" at the 22nd fret.

My first question is: How should I shape the saddle radius at the bridge to get a nice, rounded feel? Do I do something in-between 10" or 16" or stick with 10"? I'm inexperienced enough to know what the best way to approach this because I've never owned a compound-radius neck guitar until now. I have a Fender strat with 9.5" radius straight-thru and I like that feel but didnt know if I could do such a curve on that Warmoth neck and sacrifice low action with it?

I'm also battling an action dilema on the neck, as well. I have a 1/32" or so height on the 1st fret on bass-E and slightly lower on high-E, and I have somewhere between a 4/64 height at the 12th fret on bass-E and a bit over 3/64 on the high-E. The neck is really straight and the relief is quite minimal, but am I going to get alot of buzz if I want to get down to a 2/64" height at the 12th fret for bass-E and 1/32 on the high-E?

I do enjoy my action quiet low, but anyone's ideas, thoughts or advice I'd greatly consider

If you carefully set the action for each string, the radius will take care of its self. You will find that the radius at the saddle will be a bit flatter than the neck. More or less like an extension of the compound radius.

Al

al is correct; if you are going to use a radius guage 20" would be appropriate

Al,

Makes perfect sense. But would basically use the radius/curviture of the fret wire as your guide then? I guess I've always tried my best to set it after I've got the bridge saddles in some sort of respectable radius in accordance to what the fret board is.