The calibrated distance between the open strings of a cordophon and the surface of the fingerbord or frets
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Guitar Action for practicing and learning
I know for certain that a lower action on a guitar makes playing easier, but does having a high action makes you more skilled by overcoming the extra difficulty or is it just an inconvenience?
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Barre chords are difficult to play on my acoustic guitar
I have Westfield JBEA 35-SB acoustic/electric guitar.
It's currently strung with Elixir Nanoweb acoustic guitar strings that are extra-light gauge, .010 - .047.
I find it very difficult to play ...
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Acoustic Guitar | How to adjust the gap between the strings and the fret board
I have a 2 year old acoustic guitar . Over the period of time there's a huge gap that has appeared between the higher frets and the strings.
What has caused this gap? and How do i fix this.
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A guitar won't stay in tune, also dirty pickup selector
My friend has an Ibanez.. something, and it's not the most expensive guitar. Nevertheless, it is a pretty good guitar for its budget. Lately there have been a few problems with it, which I told him I ...
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Insane amounts of fret buzzing on my lower strings
This may have been addressed before, but I can't really find a thread that targets this problem.
Whenever I play on my low B, E, or A string between open and fifth fret inclusive, it always buzzes ...
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Switching my strings from 10's to 9's - am I in for more fret buzz?
So, I'm playing an Agile 200 Les Paul copy (tune o matic bridge).
I've had 10's on it and sadly it has some fret buzz. I recently got it set up to eliminate the buzz and the tech got it pretty close. ...
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What is the downside of ultra-low action?
I understand that low action on a guitar makes it easier to play. (See answers to this question for more on action and truss rods).
I've never understood why all guitars aren't set-up with action as ...
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Lowering the action on a bass guitar
I have obtained a rather cheap P-bass imitation bass and, while it plays well in the lower register, about the 9th fret the action starts to rise and after the 12th fret it's in to the "wow, this ...
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After re-stringing acoustic guitar my action feels way off.
I recently bought an acoustic guitar, and it had this beautiful action on it. I've restrung it recently (same gauge strings) and now there's a very noticeable difference in playability. Is this ...
