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  • Bill_Brown

    Member
    April 12, 2022 at 12:44 pm

    Yes @Joemama , I had to download the photo to view it, but it only showed the strings and bridge, not the fretboard. From that photo, I can see the spacing between the strings looks excellent. What I’m referring to the height of all the strings above the 12th fret. I use a 6 inch metal machinists rule that is graduated in 1/64ths of an inch to check my guitar’s action. You could also use a dial caliper for an exact number, if you have one. The target is 3/32nds of an inch between the top of the fret and the bottom of each string. You can be slightly higher (or a lot higher if you use the guitar exclusively for bottle neck playing), but lower could cause the vibrating string(s) to hit another fret(s) and create that dreaded buzzing noise.

    Hope this helps clarify what I said earlier👍