Adjusting The Action Height On A Fender - Guitar Maintenance Lesson
Adjusting The Action Height On A Fender - Guitar Maintenance Lesson
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On Fender style guitars, you will often see bridges with individual saddles. This means the process of adjusting your action height is a little more complicated. The main difference is that you need a radius tool. The radius tool allows you to get the strings matching the radius (curvature) of the guitar neck. This means you will get the most even action height across the neck and will massively improve the playability of the guitar. So, the tools that you will need are:
1. 6" rule with 32nds & 64ths
The ruler needs to have fine measurements as we are dealing in very subtle changes when adjusting the string height.
2. Radius Tool
This tool allows you firstly to measure your guitars radius (neck curvature) and then to measure the strings radius in relation to that. To measure your radius simply push one side of the tool down on the 12th fret and see if it matches perfectly. One of the 4 sides should match, thus determining your radius. You then aim to set your strings to this radius.
3. Allen Key
To adjust the saddles, you will need an allen key. Most guitars with a saddle bridge come with one, but if not you can find them pretty easily.
When you come to measure and change your action, here is a simple checklist that will help guide you through the process.
1. Get your guitar into pitch
2. Take the ruler and place it on the 12th fret, measuring from fret to string
3. Measure the height on the low E string and the high E string
4. Based on your factory specs, or the basic measurements of three 32nd on the low side and two 32nd on the high side, decide if you need to go up or down on either side
5.Use the allen key to adjust the low E and high E saddles. Remember that clockwise will raise the action and anti-clockwise will lower it. There are two screws per saddle, both of which need the same amount of turns to keep them even
6. Rest the radius on the low and high E strings near the bridge pickup
7. The rest of the strings should be just touching the radius tool, so adust them accordingly until they are
7. Tune the guitar again and then re-measure, repeat until you hit the required measurements.
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https://www.yourguitaracademy.com/courses/james-collins/lessons/action-height/
If you want to contact James or book yourself in for a super cool
Guitar Tech course, follow these links: https://www.facebook.com/guitartechcourses/
https://www.guitartechcourses.com
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On Fender style guitars, you will often see bridges with individual saddles. This means the process of adjusting your action height is a little more complicated. The main difference is that you need a radius tool. The radius tool allows you to get the strings matching the radius (curvature) of the guitar neck. This means you will get the most even action height across the neck and will massively improve the playability of the guitar. So, the tools that you will need are:
1. 6" rule with 32nds & 64ths
The ruler needs to have fine measurements as we are dealing in very subtle changes when adjusting the string height.
2. Radius Tool
This tool allows you firstly to measure your guitars radius (neck curvature) and then to measure the strings radius in relation to that. To measure your radius simply push one side of the tool down on the 12th fret and see if it matches perfectly. One of the 4 sides should match, thus determining your radius. You then aim to set your strings to this radius.
3. Allen Key
To adjust the saddles, you will need an allen key. Most guitars with a saddle bridge come with one, but if not you can find them pretty easily.
When you come to measure and change your action, here is a simple checklist that will help guide you through the process.
1. Get your guitar into pitch
2. Take the ruler and place it on the 12th fret, measuring from fret to string
3. Measure the height on the low E string and the high E string
4. Based on your factory specs, or the basic measurements of three 32nd on the low side and two 32nd on the high side, decide if you need to go up or down on either side
5.Use the allen key to adjust the low E and high E saddles. Remember that clockwise will raise the action and anti-clockwise will lower it. There are two screws per saddle, both of which need the same amount of turns to keep them even
6. Rest the radius on the low and high E strings near the bridge pickup
7. The rest of the strings should be just touching the radius tool, so adust them accordingly until they are
7. Tune the guitar again and then re-measure, repeat until you hit the required measurements.
Enjoy our 'Adjusting The Action Height On A Fender - Guitar Maintenance Lesson'? Why not check out the website for the full course absolutely free!
https://www.yourguitaracademy.com/courses/james-collins/lessons/action-height/
Also, don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel or like our Facebook and Instagram pages:
https://www.facebook.com/yourguitaracademy
https://www.instagram.com/your_guitaracademy/
Above all, keep learning and keep having fun!
#yourguitaracademy #guitarlessons #learnguitarfree
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