late 60' jazzmaster radius?

[samytv]

Hi,
I'm in the process of ordering a custom shop jazzmaster.

I own a 1969 jazzmaster with bound fingerboard and I love it.

I'd like to know what is the raduis on a late 69 jazzmaster, I know that the AV are 7,25" but I don't know if it is the same on the bound fingerboard of the late 60's jazzmaster.

[mjet]

As far as I know they've always been 7.25" radius with the exception of the MIJ/CIJ models with humbuckers and tune-o-matic bridges w/ stop tails like these:

[samytv]

If you take a look at old fender catalog (70, 72) fender mentioned on those jazzmaster/jaguar ad bound 'fingerboard'

http://www.jag-stang.com/ads.htm

??

[mjet]

Those catalogs mention that the fingerboards are "curved" (ALL standard electric guitar fingerboards are curved - even the flattest Jackson necks are around a 16" radius, but there is *some* curve). I think they were just struggling for adjectives - notice that they mention that the truss rod is "fully adjustable" as if that's a new innovation for that year's model. 

[mezcalhead]

AFAIK, mjet is correct and all old Fenders are 7.25", unless someone has reshaped the fretboard in the meantime.

Certainly the '68 neck I have as part of a project appears to be 7.25".

[luau]

It would be easy enough to make a couple of radius gauges with a piece of paper, a string, a ruler, a pencil, and some scissors if you wanted to check it.