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Thread #114994   Message #2570663
Posted By: Richard Bridge
19-Feb-09 - 04:22 AM
Thread Name: Tech: mumbo jumbo guitars
Subject: RE: Tech: mumbo jumbo guitars
I'd have to re-think all that in metric, but it sounds about right, comparing it to Brian Rodger's standard setup. Brian normally sets relief to 0.25 mm (a fraction less than you, but only the tiniest fraction) and bass side 2.2 mm to treble side 1.7 at the octave, but he sets mine up a little higher (2.5 to 1.9) since I am a bit heavy handed. Both of those are quite a bit more than you. Don't you find heavy players tend to get fret rattle? Or do you (as Graham the guitar tech underneath the famous Andy's in Denmark Street in London England would - he has done it to me) just tell them to learn to play properly? One tip I learned from Graham is that there is only one correct first fret action height (after doing neck relief and saddle) and that is to capo at the first fret, measure (accurately) the action at the second fret, take the capo off and set the action at the first fret to what you just measured at the second fret.