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    I am considering buying a Gibson Goldrush but am holding back given that the fretboard is not radiused. I am not able to try before I buy and have only played radiused fingerboards the past (I currently have Weber bitterroot). Should I just hold out for an F5G custom with the radius? Tx

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    Default Re: Gibson Goldrush advise

    I had the same concerns, but now I like the non radiused fretboard of my „Fern“ even better than the radiused of my Weber, but I have no problems to switch between them.

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    Default Re: Gibson Goldrush advise

    Like Hubs, I have simultaneously owned both flat and radius, and have had NO problem going from one to the other.

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    Default Re: Gibson Goldrush advise

    you can always do an aftermarket radius. I've had that done on several mandolins. That said, I no longer care. . . I'll adapt.

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    Yeah it’s no big deal. Feels different at first but it’s all doable. Especially going from a slight #12 radius to flat. Lp
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    I switch between my Gibson fern with a flat board and my Collings with radius board without much trouble. The main thing I need to get used to is the difference in string spacing.

    I think you'd get used to a flat board easily.
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    One more that has both and don't really notice when I go between them.
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    Same here.... switch between flat and radius all the time. You get used to both.

    Those Goldrush's are lovely mandolins...
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    Switch from mando to guitar and banjo and visa versa and don't think about frets or neck size differences, so don't notice it much between mandos, except with necks that are are really clubby, or way thin.

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    If you enjoy the tone of the mandolin,after a week you simply won't care. I can go from one to the other without any problems.
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    I've had my Goldrush just over 11 years now.
    It's the one I won't be sellin'...

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    I own four playable mandolins, three are flat boards and one has a radius, at first I didn`t care for the radius but after a while I become used to it...

    My question is: What advantage is the radius? If any?...it is just something else that a builder has to do that may help raise the cost of a mandolin...It also would seem that a radius fret board would be more likely to have frets pop up since they are bent....

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    Willie the radius makes the neck feel just a little wider, because it actually is, because of the radius. Someone with larger hands usually likes the extra.
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    Default Re: Gibson Goldrush advise

    I have a Goldrush and love it. I went to the Goldrush from an instrument with a radius fretboard, and quickly adapted. If anything, the flat fret board seems easier to play, but that may be because the Goldrush is such a joy to play!
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    Tx heaps. Your responses were a tremendous help

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