badsector Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Hi, Just got a new acoustic guitar from some respectable merchant in my neighbourhood. Payed good money and was promised a high mid-range guitar. I've recently read that good guitars must have an even distance between the strings and the fretboard all along the neck. Mine starts with difference of about 2mm at the nut and ends with 5mm. The strings height is uniform and the neck does not look bent or wrapped. Was I fooled? Can the guitar still produce good results with this configuration? How about ease of playing (as I'm still a beginner) thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreamLine Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 what?? the neck gets wider as you go higher, so does the spacing vetween the strings...... i have no idea where you've read this but this is done on ALL guitars AND classical instruments such as the cello, violin, etc Roman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 he is talking about action..notstring spacing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FajiiNako Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 you can probably make an adjustment to your guitar to get the action at the right height Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreamLine Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 he is talking about action..notstring spacing now that i read into it for the 20th time, it does make a bit more sense... ignore my 1st post. yeh probbaly just need to tweak the truss rod and lower the bridge thingy...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 String height from the neck will get higher along the neck. This can be lowered or raised according to taste on most guitars. On a acoustic guitar the string height is generally higher on the bridge end of the neck compared to a fast playing electric guitar. You should be able to lower it to your preferance by removing the strings, removing the saddle (the whitish colored piece on the bridge), and carefully sanding the saddle effectively lowering your string height. Make sure you keep the saddle even when performing this so to not have one side lower than the other when you are finished. If you are not comfertable doing this I am sure the shop where you bought the guitar has someone that can do this for you (especially since you just purchased it). I hope this helps you! Good luck. BTW the string height is sometimes called and considered the ACTION of the guitar. How fast it plays or how easy it is to play! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 My post was a little late I see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 be sure to sand the bottom of the bridge,not the top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbkim Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 what?? the neck gets wider as you go higher, so does the spacing vetween the strings...... i have no idea where you've read this but this is done on ALL guitars AND classical instruments such as the cello, violin, etc Heh, 2mm string spacing at the nut would be pretty tight . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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