Desopolis Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 I have my strat setup with a pretty low action, and I recently played a friends PRS with the lowest action ive ever seen and loved it. Im wondering what would be factors to getting a low action, but still have playability. these are what im thinking. Good adjustible bridge flatter radius fretboard(mine is 12 now, would I notice a drop to 16? would it be harder to play?) steeper neck angle lower crown fretwire (maybe just for certain frets?) lower nut anything else? am I way off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazzyone Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 16'' would help alot a good deal but a PRS has "Perfect" fretwork and that counts for a lot perry could answer your question on the differant fretwire as he uses banjo wire i think on his shred neck option Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al heeley Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 Probably the most important things: Good, straight, true and stable neck. Great level fret job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desopolis Posted October 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 (edited) mahogony,maple,paduak neck with a stewmac 2-way hot rod... banjo wire?!?! Edited October 20, 2006 by Desopolis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
low end fuzz Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 banjo wire works great for guitars! they only seem too small until you play on them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tube Doctor Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Do a search for Plek. Take (or ship) your guitar to a shop that has a Plek machine. It's a CNC fret-levelling mill that can cut compound fret profiles (side-to-side as well as length) to suit your playing requirements. I've lost count of how many re-frets and levelling jobs I've done over the years, and even with tons of experience, the best I can manage is 0.005" accuracy on levelling. The side to side compounding is the sole domain of the CNC mill. Accurate to 0.01mm. I spend up to 5 hours per guitar on levelling, recrowning and polishing the frets; the Plek Pro can do this in under 20 minutes and store the results in a database that allows the exact same setup to be restored after a few years of playing wear. Joe Glaser in Nashville, Gary Brawer in San Francisco, Peekamoose in NYC all use Plek. Worth every penny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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