Lt. Bob
Spread the Daf!
this ..... in fact I simply don't believe it.No choking on very low action on a 9" board with step-and-a-half and two-step bends would be VERY surprising to me.
I have a LOT of experience with guitar necks both from the viewpoint of playing them and as a builder ..... small radius fretboards fret out when you bend the strings very much unless you have the action quite high.