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  • Taylor BBT about to get an upgrade

    I don't know much about working on acoustics, so I figured this job was probably best left up to the local luthier. As of now my acoustic has several problems: The action is too high, the strings are too heavy, and there is not a single sound hole mount pickup on the market that is any good.

    So here is what I decided to do: I'm going to install an LR Baggs Anthem SL pickup, which is what I find most accurately captures the acoustic sound of the instrument. Once I get it back I am going to lower the action and throw some 11s on it to make it more playable.

    I will let ya'll know how things go.
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    Re: Taylor BBT about to get an upgrade

    I just did the measurements. So a decent acoustic action should be ~2.5mm from the low E at the 12th fret. Mine measured 5.
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      Re: Taylor BBT about to get an upgrade

      just putting lighter strings will bring the action down alot
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        Re: Taylor BBT about to get an upgrade

        An authorized Taylor luthier should have the correct neck shims to easily correct the high action.

        Bill
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          Re: Taylor BBT about to get an upgrade

          Originally posted by Boogie Bill View Post
          An authorized Taylor luthier should have the correct neck shims to easily correct the high action.

          Bill
          I actually just sanded down the saddles and it did quite a bit of good. Now it's about ~3mm from the E and ~1.8mm from the e, which is fine by me. I've tried and I still cannot get any fret buzz, no matter how into a song I get.
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          Whilst you can only wonder why

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