Anders Eliasson -> RE: Measurements (Jan. 14 2014 7:32:28)
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String height for the right hand has never mattered much for me--unless it's a classical guitar with really high action there that I am trying to play flamenco on. The only time my right hand touches the golpeador is when I am doing some kind of golpe. Most of the time I'm playing with my hand in the air. And regular golpes with the ring finger (which I do about an inch from the bridge) don't require low action there for me. Martillos (hitting the golpeador above the bass strings first with the back of the middle finger nail and then proceeding to hit the bass strings) are easier with the strings lower, but I do them rarely. But I am building my flamenco guitars with 1/4" high bridges (wood) and little saddle showing above the wood, because that seems to be what people want, or think they should want, now. It's safe to do now that I use carbon-fiber neck reinforcement. We all have our ways of playing. What i was taught by local andalucian guitarists is different from what you write. Its all about touching the soundboard all the time. Not resting, but being in contact. Thumb in contact when doing rasgueados, doing many golpes when doing thumb strokes. golpes when doing rasgueados and arpeggios etc. Besides, if you give a good player from here a guitar with a bridge setup more than 8,5mm or so, the huge majority will comment on it and they wont feel comfortable. If the stringheight over the soundboard at the bridge is more than 9mm or so, they will definately comment on it and they wont like it. I used to to work in a shop in Granada, and I´ve seen pro players refuse to even play a not on guitars with to high a setup saying "con un arreglo así, no se puede tocar flamenco". 80 - 90% of the players I´ve met consider stringheight above the soundboard so important that they wont consider the guitars with a to high setup to be acceptable. NEVER MIND the sound. I´ve lived here since the first guitar I´ve built and the input from players have been the most important source of information. Besides, I´ve played flamenco guitar for more than 10 years and I totally agree with what I have been told. And trust me, soundwise I would prefer to build with higher setups everywhere, because that way its a lot easyer to make sound, volume and projection. But the game is different. Build low with volume, sound and projection is what its all about.
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