Members Craken Posted December 25, 2005 Members Posted December 25, 2005 I like my action low, and i think the nut could do with some filing. How big is the distance between the fret board and the bottom of the string groove? How low can you go?!
Members BodaciousCowboy Posted December 25, 2005 Members Posted December 25, 2005 Hey there- I just got out my MTD 635 fretless, which has perfect action IMO. I tried eyeballing it with my little machinist's ruler, which goes down to 32nds and 64ths, gave up, and went to the feeler gauges: Near as I can tell, the distance is .009 inch for the low B, and .005 for the high C. It may even be less right at the nut, because, since the feeler gauges are half an inch wide, you're actually measuring that far away from the nut. But anyway -- I think the answer is, you can go REALLY low!
Members Jazz Ad Posted December 25, 2005 Members Posted December 25, 2005 Mine is at the same level as the board. It takes a very well made, straight neck though. You want to leave something like 1/12" just to be sure. Instead of filing the grooves, sand the base of the nut, this way you wont have to reshape it and if you {censored} up, you can still add a shim under it.
Members Craken Posted December 25, 2005 Author Members Posted December 25, 2005 Thanks guys. The neck is Allparts, its as straight as anything ive ever seen. Im going to get sanding!
Members bassguy Posted December 25, 2005 Members Posted December 25, 2005 which nut? the left or the right? the left one is a bit lower, and makes a louder slapping noise when im goin at it slap style...
Members Craken Posted December 25, 2005 Author Members Posted December 25, 2005 Originally posted by bassguy which nut? the left or the right? the left one is a bit lower, and makes a louder slapping noise when im goin at it slap style... I dont know, but either way im going to give it a good sanding down, its too big.
Members T. Alan Smith Posted December 25, 2005 Members Posted December 25, 2005 I'll let you know after my shower.
Members MageZ Posted December 25, 2005 Members Posted December 25, 2005 Originally posted by superpoo which one? the smaller one!
Members 82Daion Posted December 26, 2005 Members Posted December 26, 2005 Usually, I need a preamp on the left one to dial out some of the slapping sounds I get from it. The right one plays fine...
Members groutt Posted December 26, 2005 Members Posted December 26, 2005 When I pulled the frets out, it was about 0.070". Even I could tell that was WAY too much. Milled the bottom side so now it's about 0.020". Much much better. I want to try another 0.010.
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