Where do you guys have your action at for classical?

[chris32895]

Got a Yamaha GC22C and like many of you I go back and forth between electric and classical nylon-string guitar. Action measured against the 12th fret is 4mm bass and 3mm treble, roughly, with the stock saddle. After some luthier work (requesting lower action) mine is now 2.8mm bass and 2.2mm treble. The new configuration is way easier to play (I was getting hand pain with the stock saddle and barely wanted to play. New configuration I actually want to play.), but noticeably quieter, less dynamic, and buzzes if I hit somewhat hard. Trying to find some suitable middle ground so I can play classical in a fairly traditional way, but be able to swap back and forth without too much trouble.

[mr. beaumont]

I keep mine about 3mm bass and 2.5 treble.

[James W]

No idea, but it feels a reasonable 'Goldilocks' action to me.

[kris]

I keep mine about 3mm bass and 2.5 treble.

On my old Brazilian guitar I have 4.5mm bass and 3.5mm treble.
It sounds great but is not easy to play.

[Rob MacKillop]

I found that a high action with low-tension strings gives me more control over vibrato than a low action and high-tension strings. So I prefer 4mm bass, 3.4mm treble. I like to ‘work’ a string rather than just pluck it, and play without fingernails.

In other words, do whatever suits your playing. It doesn’t really matter what others do.

[Brian859]

Mine just measured 3mm bass, 2.5mm high e. Seems like it was 3.5-3.0 last time I measured it in the spring. But its still sounding good I think. I'm using high tension galli strings at the moment.

[Donnd]

Personal preference is around 3.5mm on the 6th string. It’s my understanding that setting the action too low will hurt the projection since the saddle breakover angle gets too low.

[jazzloverfat]

On my old Brazilian guitar I have 4.5mm bass and 3.5mm treble.
It sounds great but is not easy to play.

My Spanish made guitar has a similar setup.