Best Fender Custom Electric Guitars With 12" Fingerboard Radius in 2023
Here are the top Fender Custom electric guitars with 12" fingerboard radius. This is the same radius that Gibson uses in most of their guitars. When compare to the other popular radius of Fender Stratocasters, you can see that it's a lot flatter. Guitars with this radius are usually made to bring a good balance between single-note and chord playing.
Out of the more than 2000 guitars in our database, these are the best scoring ones. You can use our filters to the left to narrow down these results, or click on "Compare" to get a deep comparison between them. Our automated scoring system takes into account the ratings from ours users who own the guitar, and dozens of parameters to determine the build quality, playability, pickups quality, value for money, and more.
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1. Fender Custom Stevie Ray Vaughan Signature Stratocaster NOS
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- From Fender Custom's 2019 Custom Artist series
- Made in United States
- 6 strings
- 25.5"'' scale
- 12" Fretboard Radius
- 2-Piece Select Alder body
- Rift Sawn Maple neck
- Rosewood fretboard
- Bridge pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound Texas Special Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
- Bridge pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound Texas Special Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
- Middle pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound Texas Special Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
- Neck pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound Texas Special Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
- 1 volume and 2 tone Bell knobs
- 5-way Switch
- Left Handed American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo bridge
- Special SRV Oval C Bolt-On neck
- 21 Jumbo frets
- Vintage-Style tuners
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Fender Custom Stevie Ray Vaughan Signature Stratocaster NOS
Fender Custom Stevie Ray Vaughan Signature Stratocaster NOS
- Made in United States
- Expensive Wood
- Bone Nut
- Top Brand Pickups
- Tremolo
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- No Neck-Through Build
- No Push Knob or Extra Switch Option
- No Weight Relief
- No Luminescent Inlay
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
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2. Fender Custom Stevie Ray Vaughan Signature Stratocaster Relic with Closet Classic Hardware
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- From Fender Custom's 2019 Custom Artist series
- Made in United States
- 6 strings
- 25.5"'' scale
- 12" Fretboard Radius
- 2-Piece Select Alder body
- Rift Sawn Maple neck
- Rosewood fretboard
- Bridge pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound Texas Special Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
- Bridge pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound Texas Special Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
- Middle pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound Texas Special Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
- Neck pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound Texas Special Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
- 1 volume and 2 tone Bell knobs
- 5-way Switch
- 6-Saddle American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo bridge
- Special SRV Oval C Bolt-On neck
- 21 Jumbo frets
- Vintage-Style tuners
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Fender Custom Stevie Ray Vaughan Signature Stratocaster Relic with Closet Classic Hardware
Fender Custom Stevie Ray Vaughan Signature Stratocaster Relic with Closet Classic Hardware
- Made in United States
- Expensive Wood
- Bone Nut
- Top Brand Pickups
- Tremolo
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- No Neck-Through Build
- No Push Knob or Extra Switch Option
- No Weight Relief
- No Luminescent Inlay
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
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3. Fender Custom John 5 Signature Bigsby Telecaster
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- From Fender Custom's 2017 Custom Artist series
- Made in United States
- 6 strings
- 25.5"'' scale
- 12" Fretboard Radius
- Select Ash body
- Maple neck
- Rosewood fretboard
- Bridge pickup: Seymour Duncan STHR-1b (Humbucker/Passive)
- Neck pickup: Fender Custom Shop Twisted Single-Coil Tele (Single Coil/Passive)
- 1 volume and 1 tone Dome knobs
- 3-way Switch
- 6-Saddle Adjustable Bridge with Fender Bigsby Vibrato Tailpiece bridge
- Modern C Bolt-On neck
- 22 Medium Jumbo frets
- Deluxe Cast/Sealed Locking tuners
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Fender Custom John 5 Signature Bigsby Telecaster
Fender Custom John 5 Signature Bigsby Telecaster
- Locking Tuners
- Made in United States
- Expensive Wood
- Synthetic Bone Nut
- Top Brand Pickups
- Tremolo
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Neck-Through Build
- No Push Knob or Extra Switch Option
- No Weight Relief
- No Luminescent Inlay
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
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4. Fender Custom John 5 Signature Telecaster
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- From Fender Custom's 2017 Custom Artist series
- Made in United States
- 6 strings
- 25.5"'' scale
- 12" Fretboard Radius
- Select Ash body
- Maple neck
- Rosewood fretboard
- Bridge pickup: Fender Enforcer Humbucking (Humbucker/Passive)
- Neck pickup: Fender Custom Shop Twisted Single-Coil Tele (Single Coil/Passive)
- 1 volume and 1 tone Dome knobs
- 3-way Switch
- 6-Saddle American Tele with Humbucking Spacing bridge
- Modern C Bolt-On neck
- 22 Medium Jumbo frets
- Deluxe Cast/Sealed Locking tuners
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Fender Custom John 5 Signature Telecaster
Fender Custom John 5 Signature Telecaster
- Locking Tuners
- Made in United States
- Expensive Wood
- Synthetic Bone Nut
- Top Brand Pickups
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Neck-Through Build
- No Push Knob or Extra Switch Option
- No Weight Relief
- No Tremolo
- No Luminescent Inlay
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
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5. Fender Custom Robert Cray Signature Stratocaster
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- From Fender Custom's 1996 Custom Artist series
- Made in United States
- 6 strings
- 25.5"'' scale
- 12" Fretboard Radius
- Select Alder body
- Maple neck
- Rosewood fretboard
- Bridge pickup: Fender Custom Vintage-Style Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
- Bridge pickup: Fender Custom Vintage-Style Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
- Middle pickup: Fender Custom Vintage-Style Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
- Neck pickup: Fender Custom Vintage-Style Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
- 1 volume and 2 tone Bell knobs
- 5-way Switch
- 6-Saddle American Vintage Strings-Through-Body Strat Hardtail bridge
- 1961 C Bolt-On neck
- 21 Vintage frets
- Vintage-Style tuners
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Fender Custom Robert Cray Signature Stratocaster
Fender Custom Robert Cray Signature Stratocaster
- Made in United States
- Expensive Wood
- Synthetic Bone Nut
- Top Brand Pickups
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- No Neck-Through Build
- No Push Knob or Extra Switch Option
- No Weight Relief
- No Tremolo
- No Luminescent Inlay
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
