LTD with 305mm Radius??

[maddnotez]

Does this exist or are they all 350mm?

 

[Hey_bert_whtcha_doin_bert]

A 12 inch radius? Every one of them I've ever owned was that. I don't know where you got the 350 from. I know both of my standards were and so were both of the ltd's I owned. Anything with a tune-o-matic anyway.

 

[maddnotez]

A 12 inch radius? Every one of them I've ever owned was that. I don't know where you got the 350 from. I know both of my standards were and so were both of the ltd's I owned. Anything with a tune-o-matic anyway.

Well 350mm is 13.7795 inches.

But to answer the question, I got the info directly from ESP. Literally every single LTD they have has a 350mm radius.

http://www.espguitars.com/products?categories=ltd

ESP's have 305mm (12") and LTD's have a 350mm (14"). What model LTD do you have that shows something different because I want it?

The Archived product pages do not provide radius specs so I was hoping some older MH1000 had a 305mm but from what info I can find I do not think it exists. That is why I made the post to see if anyone knows a specific model I can look for.

 

[Hey_bert_whtcha_doin_bert]

Well it's been a while since I owned an ltd but the one I had was and ltd viper 1000 and I'm pretty positive it had the 305mm(12in) radius... it was also one of the ones with sperzel tuners before they switched to esp/ltd designed. The other was an h-302. I remember the site saying it back then and also messing it with radius gauges. Doesn't mean they haven't re-tooled or not... I don't know.

 

[maddnotez]

Well it's been a while since I owned an ltd but the one I had was and ltd viper 1000 and I'm pretty positive it had the 305mm(12in) radius... it was also one of the ones with sperzel tuners before they switched to esp/ltd designed. The other was an h-302. I remember the site saying it back then and also messing it with radius gauges. Doesn't mean they haven't re-tooled or not... I don't know.

Oh damn. I need to dig more.

They list current radius on specs but the archived pages don't show that. Need to find an old paper article somewhere or something like that.

 

[Hey_bert_whtcha_doin_bert]

Well, I mean the last time I owned an ltd was over 10 years ago (2005) and I got the boutique bug, I'm sure I'm remembering it right especially on the viper because the earvana nuts that used to come with them were pre-radius to 12"(slots can be filed though) BUT I don't have the best memory. It does make sense to me because a flatter radius would allow a marginally thinner board and more yield over thousands of boards.(them changing it to a flatter radius that is)