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Height of the fret it self ?

Hello folks !

Just finished my cigar box. And tuned the strings to GDG and even on the twelft fret they all are in tone.

The fret it self is 1mm in heigt from wood till top and the guitar has 22 fret in total.

I never played guitar before but it seems i'm having trouble with playing the frets. When i want to play a bar.. it sounds dull and realy have to push my finger to the neck..

Is the fret height to low ? Or is it my skinny finger ? haha

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Permalink Reply by Smokin elFish on October 17, 2014 at 5:34am

Hi ChickenboneJohn nice to hear from you. Watched couple youtube video's from you :)

I use some cheap chinese Dadi phospohor bronze wound extra light strings.

And use 3rd ( 023 ) 4th ( 030 ) and 5th ( 038 ) gauge strings.

I've measured the string height and 1st fret is around 1mm but the 12th fret is about 6mm. And i use a piece of 12mm thread as a bridge. So it seems that i have to adjust this one too ?

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Permalink Reply by Mark on October 28, 2014 at 4:32am

hI agree with chickenbone I belive your action is too

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