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  • #16
    Re: Fret leveling vs neck quality.

    Originally posted by LLL View Post
    Higher action (but not too high) makes the strings livelier, facilitates better bending and vibrato, and cleaner notes.

    Besides that, you can pick as "delicately" as you want regardless of how high/low the action is.
    many claim higher action gives better sustain. I like slightly lower action then factory settings. but ya, when I bend I dont like uber low action. I also like my action not too low for the sake of tapping or harmonics. I seem to do better tapping harmonics on strings that are not too low. it seems the harmonics ring better or clearer

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    • #17
      Re: Fret leveling vs neck quality.

      I like higher action on a guitar, and lower on a bass. Probably because I bend strings like crazy on guitar, and if they’re too low, they adjacent string gets caught under my fingers.

      On a bass, I’m more into sliding than bending. I also like a little buzz on bass if I dig in hard. On guitar, it sounds like crap.
      “I can play the hell out of a riff. The rest of it’s all bulls**t anyway,” Gary Holt

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      • #18
        Re: Fret leveling vs neck quality.

        Originally posted by GuitarDoc View Post
        "Higher" only helps if the existing action is so low that the strings are buzzing on the frets. If they're not buzzing, then raising the height of the strings makes no difference.
        Higher action makes the notes more punchy.
        The things that you wanted
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        • #19
          Re: Fret leveling vs neck quality.

          My fret leveling assault. Each grit will take out the scratches from the previous grit. Radius block with 60 to level. Crown with the 150 and 300 grit crowning files. Quarter round file for the ends. 220, 320, 800, 1500 sandpaper.

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          • #20
            Re: Fret leveling vs neck quality.

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            • #21
              Re: Fret leveling vs neck quality.

              Originally posted by Clint 55 View Post
              Higher action makes the notes more punchy.
              Read my post again.
              Originally Posted by IanBallard
              Rule of thumb... the more pot you have, the better your tone.

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              • #22
                Re: Fret leveling vs neck quality.

                Originally posted by Clint 55 View Post
                Higher action makes the notes more punchy.
                read my post again.
                Originally Posted by IanBallard
                Rule of thumb... the more pot you have, the better your tone.

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                • #23
                  Re: Fret leveling vs neck quality.

                  Oh you were talking about in reference to buzzing.
                  The things that you wanted
                  I bought them for you

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                  • #24
                    Re: Fret leveling vs neck quality.

                    Originally posted by GuitarDoc View Post
                    Read my post again.
                    Originally posted by GuitarDoc View Post
                    read my post again.
                    echo
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