A nice acoustic. Plays nicely but could be better. Unusually the set in the neck was very low, “off the peg guitars” tends to be the other way, too much of a curve. My feeler-gauges are even too slim to even measure it…Slackening the truss-rod a little easily sorted that out… That’s better.The action at the 1st […]
Tag: Acoustic Guitar Action Height
How to tell a good guitar from a bad one!
I’m often asked if such and such a guitar is any good? Is a ***** better than a *****? The truth is they can all vary. It’s possible to pick up a cheap guitar for less than £100 that plays nicely, on the other had you can spend £3,000 on a top end guitar that […]
Epiphone Setup
A good-looking guitar. Nothing much wrong with it, just needs a few slight adjustments to get the setup right. Before doing anything else I took the old strings off and gave the fret-board a good clean. With the new strings in place I could properly assess the action. Unusually the fret-board was a little flat, nine […]
Baby Taylor – High Action
These are great little guitars, unfortunately some of them come out of the shop with a very high playing action. A fairly easy job to put right though… Starting at the top, with the action height at the first fret. This one was OK, otherwise it’s a simple job to cut the slots in the nut […]
Encore Acoustic setup
As a cheaper guitars go these Encores are not bad. This one just needs a bit of a clean and setup. The action at the first fret is OK…. but the set in the neck is huge, you could drive a coach and horses under there!! The action at the 12th fret is also huge. […]
More Smoke Damage
This one is the twin to the one I did yesterday. Was in the same place as the Bass so has the same sooty smoke damage. Did exactly the same, pulled everything off and stripped it down as far as I could to clean and polish everything before putting it all back together. As before […]
Morris 12 String
I’ve never been a huge fan of 12 strings, but perhaps that’s just because I don’t have the playing skills to be able to play them properly? Anyway all the owner wanted was a bit of a clean-up and service and a little look at the piezoelectric pickup. When plugged in the volume was fine […]
Epiphone Acoustic Fret-Dress
This is a well loved guitar, it’s been well looked after but is starting to show some signs of wear now. The frets at the top of the neck in particular. A fret-dress will even everything up nicely. Before I can level the frets I need to make sure the fretboard is level…. so a […]
Yamaha Setup
This is rather nice Guitar, very well put together and finished but the owner was unhappy with the action height, it was a little too high. Starting at the top the action at the first fret is a little high but since I’m going to fit a bone nut anyway I’ll adjust that once I’ve fitted it. […]
Epiphone EJ-200, Lower action height
Rather a nice acoustic, although the owner wasn’t happy with the action height, It was a little high. Unfortunately, as with most acoustics, it isn’t adjustable. The only solution is to physically reduce the height of the bridge. Grinding down the bridge. The Neck also had a little to much of a curve as well […]