Thanks, Earl, and I reread your thread again.
I had a local luthier lower the saddle on my X20 based on this advice I got from Kevin:
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You will need to measure the action at the 12th fret, usually 2.3mm on bass and 1.7mm on treb. Carefully sand the bottom
of the saddle with 400 grit paper, make sure it's only a small bit at a time. The lowest we would advise to go is 2.0mm on bass and 1.5 treb.
You will need to recheck the neck relief once you are finished.
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He took it down to the Emerald specs, and it made a nice improvement. While I’ve gotten used to the extra stretching compared to my RainSong, I just don’t like the increased string tension. The RainSong takes noticeably less effort to fret. It’s surprising what a difference that 1/2+” makes. I’ll probably request that the action be lowered by Emerald this time.