String height adjustment on new Emerald X20 Artisan Woody

[hotroad]

Wondering how to lower the string height on my new Emerald X20 Artisan. The first seven frets are great but it gets a little too high for me going up the neck from there. Should I adjust the truss rod or take some off of the other end?

[perttime]

Check your neck relief first. If there's too much bend in the neck, you need to adjust the neck first.

Press the E strings down at first fret and way up the fretboard. See if there's any gap between string and fretwire in the middle. The thickness of a high E string is about right. If you have much more, you need to adjust the neck.

[Jimmy Koh]

Get a new Tusq saddle, shave the bottom down, adjust the truss rod for some final relief adjustment, and you are all ready to rock.

[pandaroo]

I did both on mine, straighten the neck a bit more and shaved the bottom saddle

[hotroad]

Thanks for the help on this.