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AFAIK current G Series Takamines have the saddles and pickups integrated into one (or two in the case of a split saddle) unit. My suspicion is that there's minimal break angle for the G string, which causes reduced output. Shimming the G-E part of the saddle might help. The OP's guitar could probably benefit from a setup anyway.

Mikeo, whatever was going on at the time, I hope you're over it and your posts will return to seminormal. You apparently don't have a lot of exposure to cheap guitars. Three-on-a-plate tuners are common on budget instruments. Further, the pegs are different, with a tapered portion slothead tuners don't have. I hope you can see that in this pic:

Here's a pic of the back of the headstock. Not slotted and the tuners look pretty generic. It would be a good idea to measure but pretty much any set of standard tuners should work.

Well done as usual but this part of the Forum is for posting about performing as a solo or duo act. I'm sorry if you felt chased away from Acoustic Guitars because of one person's comments. Go back and post in the VOMIT 2022 thread. That's where most of us, including me, share our music.

Well done. Your daughter has a lovely voice.

And what is he playing? Why it's acoustic guitar. This forum has encouraged sharing music as well as discussions of instruments for as long as I've been posting. If you see Rene's name at the beginning of a thread, skip it. I do, however, think his posts belong in the VOM thread but that's me.

Freeman Keller, an amateur builder who used to post in Acoustic Guitars, mentioned it. Like you said, it makes sense to me. I know when I replaced the Ernie Ball D string on my bass with a GHS of the same gauge I had to tweak the intonation. Presumably the structure of the two strings is different.

I can't add anything except to welcome you to the Forums and the world of acoustic guitar. Practice and patience are key right now. It's important to develop a style that works for you and also avoid developing bad habits. I'm also a fairly big guy so I sympathize. OTOH, try learning on a cheap, no-name guitar with steel strings 1/4" off the fretboard.

Well played. Thanks again.

Another unfamiliar one but well done. Thanks for posting.

I wasn't familiar with that one. Thanks for posting.

I learned years ago that pitch and tension are related to overall diameter. More recently I learned that intonation is related to core diameter.

Congratulations. Happy New (to you) Guitar Day.

Thank you. Thank you very much. Seriously, well done.

Congratulations. Happy New Amp Day.

Congratulations and Happy New Guitar Day.

Well done once again. Thanks for posting.

Hi and welcome. First, get rid of the idea that you set action by changing the neck angle. You set action by changing the height of the saddle. When a straightedge laid along the frets just touches the top of the bridge, the angle is correct. Place a capo at the first fret and hold down one of the E strings at the neck/body joint (usually the 14th fret) and measure the gap between the string and the 7th fret. It should be about the thickness of a sheet of paper. That's called "relief" and you adjust it with the truss rod. Changing relief will also change the action height so set it first. When the neck angle and relief are correct and the low E string is 3/32" or so above the 12th fret with no strings fretted, the action is correct. You should have some break angle but personally I don't make a big deal out of it. I have an Alvarez beater that has little break angle on the high E and it doesn't seem to matter, at least to me. And last, I've never paid the least attention to how high my strings are above the soundboard. I suggest you worry less about it and more about whether your guitar is playable.

A new original titled "Why Not You?"

Well done. Happy Valentine's Day to you as well.

Lovely. Thanks for posting.

Well done. Thanks for sharing.

Sorry, that wasn't me, it was Sheldon Cooper, a character on an American TV show. I've changed my profile photo so there won't be any future confusion.

LOL

Nope. I'll be 69 in May. Not a whole lot of improvement in store. I just finished working out the chords for "There' Something About That Name" for praise band and I've been playing that.