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Did I Do Good?
Got a Martin D-28 Standard a couple days ago at GC (new). Awesome sound but it seemed harder to play the further up the neck I played, so I checked the neck relief and the action. The neck relief with a capo on the first fret and holing the strings down where they meet the body, and tapping the strings in the middle. It seemed a little high so I gave the truss rod about a quarter turn, retuned, and it looked perfect after that.
The action was still about 3 1/2 thirty seconds at the low E, and about 3 thirty seconds at the high E (my ruler only measures down to 32nd's). I had a ridiculous amount of saddle height to work with so I decided to take 2 thirty seconds off of the saddle, which would lower the action 1 thirty second. I marked the bottom of the saddle all the way around, laid a piece of sandpaper on a flat table top, and sanded a little at a time. I checked frequently to make sure it was sanding evenly and that the bottom of the saddle remained perfectly flat, had no rocking, and stood up perfectly straight. Once I got to my mark I reinstalled the saddle and put the strings back on. I tuned it to pitch and measured the action. I is now 2 1/2 thirty seconds at the low E, and 2 thirty seconds at the high E. I then played every note on every string all the way up the neck with a heavy pick and there was no buzzing. The guitar plays like butter now, even with the medium strings. It even plays easier that a Taylor 814ce that I had that had light strings on it. So did I do that right?
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~Bob~ |
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Yup. Proof is in the pudding.
Next check the string height at the nut. |
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Yes, I checked the nut action and it looks fine.
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~Bob~ |
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I got a set of Stewmac files and learned to do it myself since no one could consistently get it quite right, and I like to adjust it slowly over some time.
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| 1968 Martin D-28 | 1949 Gibson J-45 | 1955 Gibson LG-2 | Santa Cruz 000 Cocobolo / Italian Spruce | Martin D-18 1939 Authentic Aged | Martin Gruhn Guitars Custom D-21 Adi/Madi | Gibson J-45 | Fender American Elite Telecaster | Fender American Standard Stratocaster | Gibson Les Paul Standard | Gibson Les Paul Studio | PRS Custom 24 10-Top | Gibson Les Paul 1960 Reissue (R0) | |
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You did good, Bob.
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"It's only castles burning." - Neil Young |