Anders Eliasson -> RE: 10 mm string height (Mar. 5 2014 15:23:21)
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Well, this with the height, we have discussed a thousand times and in general, around 8mm is considered to be a good compromise, where its comfortable for the right hand and where there´s space for lowering the saddle a mm more in the case the neckangle should change over time. 7mm is super comfortable, but its about as low as you can go. Lower, stringbrakangle over the sadlle can become a problem and you start hitting the soundboard when doing Paco picado. Some actually like the last "problem" most dont. In the end its personal, but the higher the strings are, the slower you get. Its just like watching horses or dogs doing agilty. I this case, your fingers are animals and the strings the obstackles. You can find a lot of players that are really very picky with this issue. They just look at a guitar if its 9 - 10mm stringheight at bridge, they refuse to play it. All that said, Rui is right when he says that its the stringheight over the soundboard somewhere inbetween the bridge and the soundhole that really matteres. A really good setup has the strings pretty parallel to the soundboard, but some guitars, especially those with a high dome on the soundboard can have up to 3mm difference at the bridge and at the soundhole. If you to that add that its high, then its really uncomfortable.
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