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Old 10-08-2010, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by grybrd1 View Post
I often see guitars with action heights of 4/32" to 6/32" (12th fret top of fret to bottom on low E) being sold/described as "with low action height". To me this is too high to way too high. Am I uninformed or missing something?

I always ask for a "three-two": 3/32 and 2/32, low and high E respectively, at the 12th fret. Throw a bit of relief in the neck and it's off to the races.

FWIW, this is Gryphon Strings' standard setup.
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