Curious to know what you guys consider an ideal action. I know guitars are different and people like different setups.
My favorite guitar of all time is this 2017 58 les Paul Chicago music exchange run. I left it alone, and loved it just the way it was. I had a well respected player pick it up and he was like, you gotta lower the action on this. So I had it done, again by a well respected tech. Can’t believe the difference. Not in a good or bad way, just different. It is a more critical action, the strings are closer to the frets. I believe he also filed down the nut. It buzzes a little more, as expected, but most interesting to me. Is that the D G and E strings are harder to bend. And I have them too wrapped. Another thing is that the high E string feels slightly higher than the string before it.like if I run my hands over the top of the strings I’m aware of the last string.
Now I don’t know if I just knew the guitar so well that I notice such a difference. I have always been superstitious about fooling with a good thing. I mean the strings are much lower visually.
What do you think is the cause of me feeling the tightness of tension. If the neck was adjusted straighter with less relief would this cause this?
How do you guys set you guitars up for ease of playability but with maximum tone. I have 10’s on there now and top wrap.
My favorite guitar of all time is this 2017 58 les Paul Chicago music exchange run. I left it alone, and loved it just the way it was. I had a well respected player pick it up and he was like, you gotta lower the action on this. So I had it done, again by a well respected tech. Can’t believe the difference. Not in a good or bad way, just different. It is a more critical action, the strings are closer to the frets. I believe he also filed down the nut. It buzzes a little more, as expected, but most interesting to me. Is that the D G and E strings are harder to bend. And I have them too wrapped. Another thing is that the high E string feels slightly higher than the string before it.like if I run my hands over the top of the strings I’m aware of the last string.
Now I don’t know if I just knew the guitar so well that I notice such a difference. I have always been superstitious about fooling with a good thing. I mean the strings are much lower visually.
What do you think is the cause of me feeling the tightness of tension. If the neck was adjusted straighter with less relief would this cause this?
How do you guys set you guitars up for ease of playability but with maximum tone. I have 10’s on there now and top wrap.