Hi, I’m setting the action on my electric guitar and I decided to try a different method that was mentioned in the manual that came with it. It gave me two different measurements for average sized action on both the "bass side" and the "treble side" but I’m not sure what they mean.
Does it mean set the action from low E to D at the specified height and set the action from G to high E at the specified height. Or…does it mean set the low and high E strings only?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
What it means is this. YOu can tailor your action according to the size of the strings. If you put heavy bottom and light tops, obviously, you will need to raise the bridge slightly on the 6-5-4 on account of the size of the string.
Here is a good trick. Put light gauge or extra light gauge. Lower the action on the 6-5-4 until it starts buzzing at the frets. Now, raise it slightly and the buzzing disappears. This means that the action on the bass side is lowered to the max.
Do the same for the 3-2-1 strings. Lower till it starts buzzing and raise the bridge slightly.
There….you have the action set to its lowest. It is normal that the 3-2-1 strings will be slightly closer to the fingerboard since they are the thinnest strings.