"Just Friends" on hight action arch-top

[kris]

I'm experimenting with the bridge settings.
How do you like the sound?


Box

[sgosnell]

The sound is fine. You can often improve tone by raising the action, but you quickly reach a point of rapidly diminishing returns. I have no idea what your action was, nor how much higher it was than before the adjustment, so I can't tell if this is any better than lower. I think you need to be the judge of that.

[kris]

The sound is fine. You can often improve tone by raising the action, but you quickly reach a point of rapidly diminishing returns. I have no idea what your action was, nor how much higher it was than before the adjustment, so I can't tell if this is any better than lower. I think you need to be the judge of that.

The E bass string is 4mm above the 12th fret of the guitar.

[Gitterbug]

4 mm sounds a lot for playability, although your playing is superb! If the fretboard is buzz-free, lowering the PU should produce a similar tone. But then you'd probably lose something in dynamics.

[palindrome]

Great (and or but) very traditional. A bit like you recorded this before you were born.

As always, I like your playing.

[kris]

Great (and or but) very traditional. A bit like you recorded this before you were born.

As always, I like your playing.

Thanks.
The height of the strings above the neck of the guitar makes me play more traditionally - that's true.
The notes are less legato and more separate.

[kris]

4 mm sounds a lot for playability, although your playing is superb! If the fretboard is buzz-free, lowering the PU should produce a similar tone. But then you'd probably lose something in dynamics.

Thanks a lot.
It is more difficult to play chords with the hight action setting.
I need to work on this.