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Location: Tampa, Florida | I was reading over my manual, and it said 1-3 shims were put under the saddle to achieve standard action. Is it alright to take out all the shims? |
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Location: Florida | Yes |
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Location: NJ | as long as the strings do not buzz on the frets or bridge. |
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Location: Scotland | and as long as there is sufficient saddle hieght above the bridge to achieve a good string break angle, or volume, sustain & tone can suffer. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I had just adjusted a friend's Yamama. It had some years and shifting. Took the truss rod to the "If this snaps I'll have to buy him an Ovation" point and then shaved the saddle about 3/64". A little oil and elbow grease and it's sweet now.
Its not an O mind you but it has a sweet voice. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | what they said./ |
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Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | Even if there's no string buzz anywhere on the neck, if there's not enough downward angle of the strings behind the saddle, you'll have intonation problems. |
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Is having no shims ok?