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RE: STRING HEIGHT (in reply to Nando)
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You always meassure from the fret. There are various fret heights, so it doesn´t do any good to meassure from the wood. A good standard height is around 3 - 3,1mm at the 12th fret. Some people play so hard that they need a higher action and some so soft that they can do with 2,5 - 2,8mm. Also some like a lot of buzzing while some hate it, so it's personal. A good height at the bridge is 7 - 9mm and at the soundhole 7 - 10mm. These meassurements in order to make it possible to play with the very flat tecnique, where you touch the soundboard more or less all the time. When you depress, the strings at the 3rd fret, there should be a tiny wheeny gap between the string and the 1st fret. If not, the guitar'll buzz at the first fret which is very annoying. Hope this helps. Un saludo Anders
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Date May 6 2005 17:17:33
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RE: STRING HEIGHT (in reply to Nando)
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Hi Nando No problem. I don't expect everyone to read my webpage all the time. And the foro is exactly for that. I'm planning to make more info pages in the future.
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Date May 7 2005 7:13:09
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RE: STRING HEIGHT (in reply to Nando)
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Antonio, It could be OK if the relief is correct. The most important is that the string doesn't buzz more played open than when fretted.
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Date May 8 2005 15:06:45
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