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Worried I ruined my guitar by getting the action lowered
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Tom Blackshear
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RE: Worried I ruined my guitar by ge... (in reply to nikgogl)
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ORIGINAL: nikgogl I have a very nice Marvi blanca with incredible sound but it also had a very highl (5-6 mm) action. To help with playability, I had the action lowered at a reputable repair shop. I just got it back and the guitar sounds metallic and cheap, and the trebles are noticeably quieter. Did they mess up the repair or is this just the result of a lower action? Anything I can do to fix this? Quite concerned :/ Marvi builds good guitars, so I hear, and anytime you mess with the action or string height and tension, you will get a definite response; some times good and sometimes not so good. What you were used to hearing was decided by the top being married to the string torque. Perhaps Marvi built his guitar to relax with age, with the fingerboard becoming a little concave and this is turn would allow you to lower the string action without having to address any other facet of the guitar's operational value. However, if you got the guitar with this much string clearance at the 12th fret, without the bridge saddle being high enough to lower the action into its proper placement, then you have a problem. And depending on how much work was needed to get proper balance, could effect the tonal quality. So, as was said before, check the nut and install the original string tension to see if that will improve the tonal value. The more work you do to repair a guitar, the more it will change, and to risk this on a known quality builder's work, is never a good idea.
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