Electric Guitar Setup String Height

To do this we will measure your guitar neck s action and adjust it for both fender and gibson style bridges.

Electric guitar setup string height.

Then measuring with the string action gauge adjust the string height to the player s preference. This distance plays a key role in your setup because it determines the ease in which your guitar can be played. For electric guitars in our opinion a good default string height at the 12th fret is typically about 6 64th of an inch 2 38mm on the bass side and 4 64th of an inch 1 59mm on the treble side. In order to measure the height of your guitar s strings you should have either a ruler a feeler gauge or a specialized string action gauge.

For locking tremolo systems the individual string height is preset. Measure the string height at the 12th fret using a 1 32 1 64 ruler. The high e string should cross the line on the ruler exactly while the bottom of the low e string should just barely allow bottom of the ruler line to show. Dunlop reverend willy s electric guitar strings.

For electric guitars and basses. Check the height between the seventeenth fret and the bottom of each string refer to the specifications chart for the proper measurement. Erick coleman walks you through basic set up instructions to have your guitar playing great in no time. You will only need to measure the high e and the low e for some bridges.

String height or action describes the distance between the top of your frets to the bottom of your strings. Experiment with the height until the desired sound and feel is achieved. Check the height between the fret located at the neck and body joint and the bottom of each string refer to the specifications chart for the proper. Adjust bridge saddles to the height according to the chart then re tune.

Use the two pivot adjustment screws to achieve the desired overall string height. It can also cause nerve related problems such as carpal tunnel as the tension of a string that is too high tends to be far greater than the tension of a string that is too low. In part 2 we will fine tune your string height so your guitar is perfectly tailored to your playing style. In part 1 of the guitar setup series we adjusted the truss rod to set the neck relief.