Does your guitar buzz playing open chords? at the top of the neck? It’s probably because the slots in the nut are too low. The proper answer is to replace the nut but a quick fix can be achieved…. It’s got a nice bone nut, but the action is way too low. As I say, […]
Tag: Guitar Action
Snap Dragon, folding guitar – Setup
Here’s something unusual, a folding travel guitar. I’ve never come across one of these before. I’ve seen some folding guitars before, but never one that really seems to work. Getting the folding joint right, so that it snaps into place accurately is a real problem, but these people have cracked it. Unfortunately the playing action […]
Ibanez – Setup
Here’s a lovely guitar, just not behaving properly, needs a little work. The first thing is the bridge. The trouble with the wooden bridge is that intonation is always a bit of a compromise. The “Tune-o-matic” option means each string can be adjusted separately. Since it’s a floating bridge the tape is there just so […]
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 […]
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 […]
Guitar Bridge Height Adjustment
Hi Folks, How’s the setup going? Once you’ve got the neck set OK the next step is the action at the bridge. Have a look at this….