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Old 12-06-2007, 12:51 PM
TommyK TommyK is offline
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If the height of uncapoed guit tar strings are too high for you, then take down the nut. bringing down the saddle height, while technically, does bring down the strings, it'll bring it down a bunch at the hole end but barely noticable at the nut end.

It's simiple geometry. Sit in a chair and stretch your leg out, knee straight with your heel on another chair. The chair your heel is on is the saddle. The one you are sitting on is the nut. Now drop your heel to the floor. You've dropped the 'saddle', but your 'nut' hasn't moved. I dare say your ankle has moved a whole bunch more than a spot a few inches below your knee.

If capoing makes it more comfortable to play, then bring the string height down at the nut. Guit tar manufacturers are notorious for sending out guit tars with somewhat high action. It's easier and cheaper to bring a nut down than to bring it up to satisfy the personal preference of individual customers. Bringing it up requires a new nut. Bringing it down requires but a few swipes of a nut file.
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