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Yamaha Flamenco 171SF
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Ricardo
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Joined: Dec. 14 2004
From: Washington DC
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RE: Yamaha Flamenco 171SF (in reply to Kaloguitarist)
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Hi, Our tech has the action set to a really nice height. There is a little room at the bridge to bring the saddle down. However, this guitar plays perfect as it is now. Thank you, What this says to me, is they don’t know what’s going on lol, I’m sure the bridge is a mile high and can be filed down to the point the strings flap against the strings, based on every Yamaha I have ever seen. Also I suspect the action actually Is not 4.x if it “plays perfect”, unless the tech is yamandu himself. I’m sure they don’t understand how to take the measure correctly. Most often guitars will be sold with a slightly high or stiff action or hard tension strings in order to give an impression of powerful bass tone, which gives the impression of higher volume relatively speaking. It turns out to be pretty tricky to construct a guitar deliberately such that the bridge is so low that the bone can’t or shouldn’t go lower, plus the action is high enough to have no unwanted buzz (3.0 or higher at 12), because this design is set in place by the neck angle. Vast majority of guitars will have straight necks requiring the bone to go way up in order to clear the frets and make a clean sound. A lot of new guitar shoppers don’t realize how easy it is to lower raise or change a bone saddle and shy away from purchasing a guitar unless it is set up perfectly, and end up passing on otherwise excellent instruments for the price.
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