Tanglewood Setup

This one is a little unusual. Normally when someone brings an acoustic for a setup it’s because the action is too high…. But once I’d put the new strings on this one was a little low… The truss-rod was actually to tight so there was too much curve in the neck as well, that’s only […]

Freshman – Setup and lower action

This is another nice one.  I’m not a great fan of Freshman but this one feels right. Nothing much wrong, just a little high in the action.  The neck had just a little too much set in it for my liking. so flatten it out just a little.  I did that with the old strings […]

Fender Acoustic – Action Height

Here’s a common problem.  A nice guitar but the action is a little high.  It can put you off, you’re not going o persevere if the guitar is hard to play.  However don’t worry, as long as the guitar is basically sound and the frets are level it can be sorted. Looking up at the 12th fret the […]