Andres Marvi's string height

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hxwhf72752003

Posts: 257
Joined: Mar. 19 2024
From: Hunan, China

Andres Marvi's string height

Hi guys. How are you?

Recently, I have been interested in Andres Marvi's guitars. The bass is wild, and the high pitch is bright. I have found many Andres on the internet, but most of the heights of the saddle are very low, from 6mm to 7.5mm, and the heights on the 12th fret are about 2.7mm.

I was wondering why many Marvi guitars had such low settings. Do these guitars' necks bend easily? I am interested in buying one with 7.2mm on the saddle and 2.8mm on the 12th. But I don't know if this guitar will keep changing.

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Ricardo

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Joined: Dec. 14 2004
From: Washington DC

RE: Andres Marvi's string height (in reply to hxwhf72752003)

My opinion is they are not "bright" as you say. How would you know if the neck had "bent"? Guitars are stable with stable humidity...if you force them to endure wild changes any guitar will have to adapt to that. Those numbers only tell us how the neck angle was set, which sounds quite good for a flamenco guitar.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 14 2026 15:37:54