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Ramón
Posts: 440
Joined: Feb. 23 2005
From: La Jolla, Ca
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RE: string action (in reply to koella)
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I learned from Yuris at Blue Guitar in San Diego (he does many of the highest-end guitar refinishes, repairs, restorations, setups for professionals, Guitar Salon, etc.), and if you are a flamenco accompaniest, the strings are basically the heights Anders gives, but for soloist, raising the treble side (as you now have it) can bring up the trebles considerably. Raising the entire action can increase volume, as in classicals, but unless you are classically-trained and LIKE it high like that, the Low E, higher, and the High E, lower, is what most guitars are set at. I'm basically an accompaniest, but still like the projection of raised trebles, especially since my basses are kind of huge. Right now, I'm right at 3 on the low E, slightly over 3 on the high E. Works well for me. I might play that down a little on the next string-change (high E side) and see what happens. Just my thoughts.... R
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Date May 16 2007 18:22:53
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Ricardo
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Joined: Dec. 14 2004
From: Washington DC
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RE: string action (in reply to Anders Eliasson)
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Its called stringheight above soundboard. It should be meassured two places. At the bridge and at the soundhole. Action is stringheight above fingerboard. Well, I know that. I just wish there was a cool word that players can use to describe it like "action". Perhaps there is one, even in a different language?? I have seen players describe "string height over the soundboard" or just the fact the bone/bridge was super low as "low action". If the set up is such you have low bridge but not low action, some guys incorrectly describe it as "low action but clean", because there is no buzz. Or "hard" or "stiff action" to describe the fingerboard. If there was a single word, then it would make a clear distinction to the problem a guitar has with the set up rather than haveing to allways describe the string height at location X. Also I am looking for a word to describe the string spacing. Like when it is wider it feels a certain way, better than when the strings are squeezed close. And again the feeling is different for the left hand than right hand, because of the nut or tapering that might happen. So a simple word like "action" gives a lot of info. My assumption as to why a guitar would have the fingerboard shaved to raise action, is because the either the brigde is uncomfortabley high, or the neck has bent or something. I would assume the bridge was examined closely so that that it CAN be lowered 1.5 mm so the action does not stay 4mm, and the sound is still clean. In some cases the bridge can't be lowered any more than it is, which can be a problem. But I have seen some INSANELY low bridge set ups that seem to work great. Ricardo
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Date May 19 2007 19:33:14
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