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Cranking on the truss rod to lower action can lead to expensive tragic occurrences. Friends don’t let friends adjust truss rods to lower the action.
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The second worst thing a person can to to adjust string height, is to shave the bridge. Both are OK if you hate your instrument. Ed
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But if not - how would somebody correctly lower action? I'm not a luthier, but it seems that if truss rod and saddle height are off the table, the only other possibility would be a neck reset. It would be pretty tedious and expensive if neck angle was the only avenue for adjusting actions... |
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After a quick Google search I just did, I noticed this comes up right away too. Yikes. Here is a good, correct source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAg6Kvbr_OU P.S. Asking for a simple answer on a guitar forum is asking A LOT. :P
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"But if not - how would somebody correctly lower action? I'm not a luthier, but it seems that if truss rod and saddle height are off the table,"
I think you are confusing 'bridge' and 'saddle'. Shaving the bridge is not recommended (with some caveats), but shaving the saddle is OK, within limits. In general, the minimum saddle height above the bridge is about 1/16", while the minimum bridge thickness is 5/16" (Martin spec). |