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Ricardo -> RE: Question about action (Apr. 29 2025 11:51:43)
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ORIGINAL: TeoFlamenco2
Will messing with the nut affect my intonation? Because action at the 1st fret feels high too
Not intonation, but if you lower the nut too much, then your guitar will buzz sympathetically behind the capo position or behind a fretted note (mainly the 6th will do it, and it is loud and annoying). You can lower it if doing an F barre chord at fret 1 is not comfortable but just try to keep it high enough to clear the low frets (you can check by fretting like the 12th and then pluck the string between 12th and the nut to see if it is banging against any frets).
If you do this yourself and you go to far, you can put a shim under the nut, or multiple shims, until the buzz stops.
As to your action photo, yes too high. And bridge at 1cm....we don't use cm cuz it should never reach such a soaring height [:D][:D] 7-8.5 mm is goldilocks. If your bone saddle is already down low, then you will have to shave down the BRIDGE itself, taking enough wood out to expose the saddle a bit...but if your string holes are too high, it is possible to take the break angle down clear to zero....that would mess up the intonation and cause more buzzing at the bridge...you need to maintain some minimal angle back there.
It is sounding like it is time for a new guitar. I recommend Stephen Faulk or orange Conde. Also I just played Jason's Mcguire's no. 20 guitar, it was excellent.
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