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1) Check the "neck relief". Fret at the 1st fret and at the 14th fret and measure the distance between the bottom of the string and the top of the 6th fret wire. Should be around 10 thousandths give or take. Adjust if necessary with the truss rod a little at a time like 1/8 of a turn.

2) Then check the action with nothing fretted measure the distance between the bottom of the high and low E strings and the top of the 12th fret wire. Reasonable height would be around 5/64's for the low E and 3/64's for the high e string. This you adjust with the 2 screws for raising and lowering the bridge.

Then you can do the intonation. Tune it up. Check the open tuning of the string, then the string fretted at the 12th fret then the harmonics at the 12th. If all 3 are not dead on then adjust the intonation until all 3 are as close as possible. A shortcut is to just get the open and fretted in tune.

You can look at the setup page on my web site below for more details.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Nils https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/raising-low-action/#post-120811 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/raising-low-action/#post-120356 Fri, 26 Aug 2005 05:07:13 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Steve-0 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/raising-low-action/#post-120356 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/raising-low-action/#post-120088 Thu, 25 Aug 2005 04:49:41 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance paul donnelly https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/raising-low-action/#post-120088 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/raising-low-action/#post-11203 Thu, 25 Aug 2005 04:39:09 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Steve-0 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/raising-low-action/#post-11203