Santa Cruz – Setup and action lower

What a beautiful Guitar.  Really nicely made, but with a rather high action.

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The neck set was about right, so nothing I can do there.

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The frets are nice and even so I can afford to bring the action down by quite a bit.

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Up at the 12th fret the action is much too high…

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I can probably halve that!

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The Bridge height can come down by quite a bit so that should sort it.

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While the strings are off I’ll give it a good clean and oil.

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I need to take about that much off the bottom of the saddle…

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Important to make sure the bottom is square and flat.

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That’s much better…

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