https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/making-your-guitar-play-great/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:32:22 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/making-your-guitar-play-great/#post-113353 Sun, 24 Jul 2005 04:37:00 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion U2Bono269 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/making-your-guitar-play-great/#post-113353 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/making-your-guitar-play-great/#post-113349 Sun, 24 Jul 2005 03:07:24 +0000
You are doing it right. You set up the guitar the way you like.

I like the action to be as low as possible without fret buzz. I absolutely hate fret buzz. You are gonna hear that on electric AMPLIFIED!

I don't like the pickups to be too close to the strings. When the pickups are too close you get big bass boom especially on the neck pickup. I try to set my pickup height so when I change pickups the volume is the same. I have the pickups a little higher on the treble side than bass.

Having the pickups a little lower also gives increased sustain. I have read that this is caused by the magnetic field of the pickups affecting the strings when they are too close. The pickups can cause the strings to stop vibrating.

Intonation is important to me. I always carefully check that. I make sure that when I fret a note at the 12th fret it is exactly the same note as the open string. So I don't set intonation by playing harmonics. No, I use the fretted note at the 12th fret.

I am not so picky about string brand. I try new brands from time to time. But I always use the same gauge as my guitar is set up for that. Lately I use 9-42 gauge. Years back when I was in a band that used lots of down tunings I used 11-53. You gotta use heavier strings for those down tunings. I also raised the action quite a bit for down tunings as it is far easier to get fret buzz with slack strings.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Wes Inman https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/making-your-guitar-play-great/#post-113349 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/making-your-guitar-play-great/#post-113342 Sun, 24 Jul 2005 02:51:21 +0000
And Ernie ball Skinny top Heavy bottom 10's on my electric, with med.-low action.

I finger pick when I play slide because IMO it gives you more control over the strings and it has less string noise...

I usally use two fingers when bending more th 1 step for support...

Thats about it...]]> Guitar Players Discussion yoyo286 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/making-your-guitar-play-great/#post-113342 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/making-your-guitar-play-great/#post-10481 Sun, 24 Jul 2005 02:04:01 +0000
Personally, I find it easier to play with a med action. 2.0 mm on treble side and bass. For me, it helps if I can get under the strings a bit while bending. I really don't like fet buzzing as I feel it robs the tone / sustain of notes. One thing I found really helps to get a good feel on a strat is to match the bridge saddle's hight to the fretboard radius.

For strings, I like DR pure blues 10's on my strat.

Anyone else?]]> Guitar Players Discussion dcarroll https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/making-your-guitar-play-great/#post-10481