Setting the string height.

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Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on May 18, 2012 at 4:23am

String height with a fretted neck will need to be much lower and more precise than a fretless, most builders have the strings about a penny coin's thickness at the nut and just clear (3mm) of the pickup when fretted, test the sound of each note at each fret first with the slide and then finger fretted, they should both sound the same note, take care not to have the strings too low or they will rattle, test it by fingering each string at each fret from the nut down and make sure the string rings freely at each fret..

Bridge height will depend on the height of the fingerboard and build but i usually have it at about 5mm.

sounds tricky but very nice when it is right! (-:

 

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Permalink Reply by Miichael L Bennett on May 18, 2012 at 8:48am

Thanks Slowpaw , sounds like good advice.
I going to give it a shot.

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