Guitarsid -> RE: neck issue? body issue? (Aug. 20 2013 12:31:05)
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I bet it is just a matter of specifying what these measurements are exactly. They should always specify what the exact point to point is that is being measured, otherwise one must assume what it may be. Is the 6 mm saddle height measured from the top of the saddle to the top of the bridge? If so then that is a good bit showing and it leaves a lot of room to lower it and the action. If there is 4 mm space from 6th string to the top of fret#12, then you could easily lower that to 2 mm or lower than ever desired. However, if 6 mm is the height of the saddle top from the guitar top, then that is not acceptable IMO and would suspect a very bad (shallow or low) neck angle to body. The neck angle is always the starting point to me and critical, I always want to know the height that is measured when a straight edge is laid flat down the middle of the fingerboard, with the strings tuned to concert pitch, extended all the way to the bridge, and the resulting gap seen at the bridge, which is measured from the guitar top to the straightedge bottom. But this is not ever normally reported by sellers, such as on ebay. Next most important thing I want to know is the relief in the neck of the guitar, tuned to concert pitch, especially in any vintage guitar. We have no way of knowing about what conditions old guitars were subjected to during their life, such as long term temperature/humidity exposures. All things considered, examination of the guitar in person is always so much better than reading a seller's description.
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