O.K. you guys have scared me. I have an old Harptone, named Stella, with super high action. I pass the guitar around a circle of pickers and usually see winces and hear,"wow, that's some high action!" to which I usually smile beemingly as the crazy cowpoke who was mad enough to tame her. Other guitars feel like butter in my hands, and I've always been kind of proud of Stella's unwillingness to be rode by others. But, after reading this thread, I'm afraid her high action may be the result of some deformity. Please... say it ain't so!