Rath R4 Narrow or Wide Handslide

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mrdeacon
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Rath R4 Narrow or Wide Handslide

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Hi Everyone!

Anyone who’s tried a Rath R4 do you usually prefer the standard narrow or a wide handslide?

Just looking for anyone else’s experience! It’s hard to find Rath parts this side of the Rockies.
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Re: Rath R4 Narrow or Wide Handslide

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I just recently tried a wide slide that a friend received. Much prefer the narrower myself for my R4F.
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Re: Rath R4 Narrow or Wide Handslide

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Can verify the narrow hand slide was a better fit
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Re: Rath R4 Narrow or Wide Handslide

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bassbone1993 wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 8:23 pm Can verify the narrow hand slide was a better fit
Glad you’re digging it!

I’m finding the wide slide to be very comfortable for me but a little bit of that sparkle is gone. I might look into trading later but it’s doing the trick right now!
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Re: Rath R4 Narrow or Wide Handslide

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I’ve always been a wide slide person but Rath’s narrow slides are better than their wide ones.
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Re: Rath R4 Narrow or Wide Handslide

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bbocaner wrote: Thu Sep 26, 2024 2:15 pm I’ve always been a wide slide person but Rath’s narrow slides are better than their wide ones.
I wonder why that is since I've historically been a wide slide person myself.
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