Ricardo -> RE: Saddle and nut help (Nov. 26 2015 14:43:19)
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ORIGINAL: Ruphus quote:
ORIGINAL: SEden It's not the angle but the height Ruphus probably got a bit muddled, as the higher the saddle the greater than angle. The higher the string are from the sound board the more torque is put through the soundboard. It acts as a lever. I find too much torque can strngle the sound of a guitar. I was saying the same thing. Nijet, muddle. ;O) Ruphus This has nothing to do with the issue...or at most nominally or unpercievabley. Perhaps those that advacote a steep break angle, never experienced a guitar with break angle ZERO that was plenty loud enough. I have...and when we fixed it the guitar was not louder. The way a guitar ends up with a zero break angle is that the hole slots get worn out in the tie block, or the neck angle changes due to humidity/time and bone has to come down too far. The only problem with a zero break angle is there will be a loud buzzing as the string wacks against the bone saddle when played hard. Fill and re drill of string holes fixes the problem. The only reason a guitar seems louder with a higher action is because it can be played hard. Or rather, when played and the string slaps against a fret over the fingerboard, the energy is lost immediately. So if the action over the fingerboard is higher, the string is free to move and express that energy that you might have been putting in but in vain on a low action set up. Also if you have the bass strings higher action than trebs, any guitar with extra bass projection appears to be "louder" than otherwise. I think the point being made about 12 fret measures is that, IF one has ALREADY set up the nut properly, then capo standard or no capo standard (.5mm high or low) is arbitrary.
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