The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #174261   Message #4227582
Posted By: Fred
24-Aug-25 - 09:05 AM
Thread Name: UK guitar luthier
Subject: RE: UK guitar luthier
BWM & Ray,

I get all that BUT, me being me, I like to keep the original saddle (nut too) as is, so that I can always go back.

The original action and relief was perfect for me. The relief was 0.010" at the 7th but at the 12th fret I didn't measure the action.

"Does it matter?" To me, yes. The setup Stuart did is good in itself, I'm not faulting that, but what I AM saying is that if you go to him for a setup, he doesn't work with numbers, he does it by feel. That "feel"   may or may not suit YOU.

-F