https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/12th-fret-string-height/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:54:37 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/12th-fret-string-height/#post-61700 Fri, 04 Jun 2004 15:24:20 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Nick Torres https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/12th-fret-string-height/#post-61700 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/12th-fret-string-height/#post-61694 Fri, 04 Jun 2004 09:45:28 +0000 It's like a 1/16" (4/64") off the fret.
I no speed demon, and play mainly chords, and strum kind of hard at times. So my action is set kind of high. Being an electric guitar, it don't take hands of steel to fret a string (lights .042-.009), and to keep the buzzing down, I rather set it to high than to low.

3/64" is .047, that like the thickness of a low E string. I must be pounding the piss out of my guitar.
How thick of a pick do you use? I use a medium.

-Bull]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Bull https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/12th-fret-string-height/#post-61694 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/12th-fret-string-height/#post-61646 Thu, 03 Jun 2004 19:47:03 +0000
I had seen those measurements somewhere else on these forums a while ago, but had forgotten them, and just couldn't find them again.

I'll go check mi guitar now...]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance English one https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/12th-fret-string-height/#post-61646 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/12th-fret-string-height/#post-61424 Sun, 30 May 2004 00:46:13 +0000
Joe]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance forrok_star https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/12th-fret-string-height/#post-61424 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/12th-fret-string-height/#post-61420 Sat, 29 May 2004 22:46:37 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Nick Torres https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/12th-fret-string-height/#post-61420 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/12th-fret-string-height/#post-61419 Sat, 29 May 2004 22:40:21 +0000
For most players a string height (also known in guitar slang as action) of 3/64" of an inch is considered normal. Some players choose a higher sting height such as 4/64" of an inch while players which tend to have a light touch and want the fastest action possible strive to lower the action as close as possible to 2/64" which in many case's is very hard to setup and maintain without fret buzzing somewhere on the finger board

Joe]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance forrok_star https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/12th-fret-string-height/#post-61419 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/12th-fret-string-height/#post-2521 Sat, 29 May 2004 21:04:17 +0000
Thankyou


Peter]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance English one https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/12th-fret-string-height/#post-2521