What if the action on your acoustic is a little high? It can be an easy fix. This one is a little high so I’m going to give it a general setup. Starting with the neck relief. I always start that with the old strings, otherwise I’ll have to take the new ones off and […]
Tag: Acoustic Guitar Service
Yamaha – Partial re-fret
This one has seen some action, mostly up at the “paying end”. First thing then, off with the strings and nut. The first 3 or 4 frets are very very worn, beyond dressing, so I’m going to replace them, along with the next 3. Heating up the fret with a soldering iron loosens up any […]
Partial Re-Fret
This one’s seen some action, mostly around the open chords. The first 3 frets are really worn but the rest are probably OK. If I file them all down to the level of the grooves up there, then there’ll be practically nothing left! Off with the strings and nut and out with the first 3 […]
Jay Turser – Fret dress and bone nut
Got handed this one with a “What can you do with this”? Mainly it’s just missing a nut and one of the bridge pins. The frets are a little worn as well so I’m going to give them a dress as well. It’s seen a lot of action around those open chords.. Once they’re level, […]
Fender Acoustic – Setup with lower action
There’s nothing worse than trying to learn the guitar on one that’s really hard to play! The action on this one was very high which is only ever going to give you sore fingers! Measuring up at the 12th fret the action’s way too high… The frets are a little uneven so I’ll never be […]
Santa Cruz – Setup and action lower
What a beautiful Guitar. Really nicely made, but with a rather high action. The neck set was about right, so nothing I can do there. The frets are nice and even so I can afford to bring the action down by quite a bit. Up at the 12th fret the action is much too high… […]
Freshman – Setup and lower action
This is another nice one. I’m not a great fan of Freshman but this one feels right. Nothing much wrong, just a little high in the action. The neck had just a little too much set in it for my liking. so flatten it out just a little. I did that with the old strings […]
11 String Tanglewood – Bone Nut
An odd one this, one of the strings wouldn’t stay in it’s slot. I thought the nut was broken but the slots were at a bit of an angle. Easy answer, a new bone nut. A nice guitar though. While the strings are off, a good clean. and oil… I don’t have any 12 string […]