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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | Hey guys, how you all been?! Haven't posted in a while, but it is always good to come and visit.
With your help,I made some adjustments to my buzzing Legend. Now I ask advice for my Balladeer.
The action seems a little high (perhaps with the drier air in my wood heated[but humidified]house).
If I make adjustment(1/4 turn) at the neck, I get a buz. When I checked for shims under the saddle, there were none. What would my next step be? Perhaps replacing the saddle with a slimmer one?The nut seems to in good condition, perhaps a tad high, but I figured if the nut was to high, I wouldn't be getting a buz when adjusting the neck tension.
So, what do you think? Once again, I would appreciate your advice.
Norse(still playin the snot out of my pawnshop Legend, and loving every minute of it!)man1
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Location: Scotland | Norse, If it's an acoustic model & there's no shims you need to shave a few millimetres off the bottom of the existing saddle, or make a new saddle. Buy a bone saddle blank, trace the outline of the original saddle on it and cut it to shape making it a little lower. I'm avoiding precise measurements as they would be meaningless without actually seeing the guitar. If it's an electro you'd need to have the saddle slot routed a little deeper. This is a job thak requires skill & a few specialist tools. Either way don't take the saddle so low that you get a very shallow string-break angle as this will hurt tone & volume.
Paul
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | Thanks Paul. I'll think this one through before I play around with it. I appreciate your response.
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Norseman
Good to hear from you up there in the "frozen north". I have had the same problem on an acoustic and I thought about as you just said, and learned to live with it. If it isn't affecting the intonation, maybe go to a lighter string gauge and toughen up the hand if you are going to play the high chords. It is hard to get electric action on an acoustic guitar, and still get the acoustic volume and sound. The amp makes up for all that volume that is lost by those strings 1/16" off the 24th fret on an electric, so watch out that you don't turn a ringing out acoustic into a dead electric when it isn't plugged in.
My new computer has affected my effort to be a moderate and not say anything controversial.
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Adjustment advice for my Balladeer
