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Originally Posted by calstang66
Thank you for the information in the above posts. After reading them, it would seem that the first thing to look at when buying a used guitar, would be the height of, the amount of saddle, which should be min 1/16" and ideally 3/16".
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I should have worded that better. The maximum, ideally, should not exceed about 3/16". It is not ideal to have 3/16", necessarily.
The first thing to look at is "the action". The action is primarily a result of the amount of bow/relief in the neck, the string height at the nut, the string height at the saddle. In other words, does the instrument play buzz-free with the amount of ease you want? If not, what latitude is there for adjustment to get it to play as you want? Is there enough saddle height protruding from the top of the bridge? Does the neck have the desired amount of relief?
If it does play the way that you want, how was that achieved? Is the saddle protrusion too little or is it within desirable limits? Does the bridge look like it was thinned?
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Now I'm going to guess about the difference between "bow in the neck" and "neck angle"'
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Pretty much, though the truss rod effectively only changes the neck curvature between about the nut and about the 9th fret.