Tom Blackshear -> RE: What do you look for in a flamenco guitar? (Sep. 1 2014 12:14:19)
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Salespeople and other guitarists say, "oh, you can just lower that, don't worry about it", but I have found if you do that, often you will get weird buzzes and not be able to dig in at all. So I won't buy a guitar unless it is set up low enough for me already. Miguel, you have a point as guitars are normally set up to where they don't have a buzzing problem, and it takes a certain amount of time for the top to tighten up so that the strings can be lowered. Don Pohren suggested for players to buy used guitars that had already settled in and had the string action the way players liked them, as most new guitars will always need to be adjusted after a period of time. Most guitar makers can not wait to have a guitar sit in their shop until it has settled in, so they work on the articulation of the top as best they can before the instrument goes out the door. But make no mistake, all new guitars will need some adjustment as they age. And every player will have his own idea of the action he likes so this is always going to be an issue that we have to deal with, no matter how the guitar operates when new. It also takes an experienced player to determine how a guitar will age, to some degree. When I played professionally I learned how to adjust my own guitars the way that felt best for me. This is a prerequisite for players since they might not have a repairman in the neighborhood. It's always best for a player to learn simple adjustment techniques. And the more a player understands how a guitar works, the better he will produce music from it.
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