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I've been remiss...praises to araT

Post by DoctorJay » Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:27 am

Sorry Tara, I meant to post to thank you for your job on setup for the acoustic, and sing the praises of your fret job.

I'm still a bit torn though, whether to raise the action, or try to be a bit more gentle! I think when I re-string it, I'll just use .12's, then loosen the truss-rod a little if needed.

I recommended you to a guy from the guitar shop in Orange who's a Gretsch lover. He's keen to find a tech who understands and loves Gretsches!
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Re: I've been remiss...praises to araT

Post by araT » Thu Sep 16, 2010 9:03 am

Hey Jarret - thank you so so much! I really appreciate it & I'm so glad you're happy with it! :mrgreen:

:shock: I can't believe it's still buzzing a bit for you!! I thought I almost had the action TOO high! you really do have superhuman strength :lol: :mrgreen: 12s should definitely sort that out for you, but if not, or if you're ever in the neighbourhood feel free to swing on by and I'll tweak it a bit more for you free-of-charge. :) I'll set the action so I can't even get the strings to contact the frets - that should be about right for you given our difference in strength! 8) :mrgreen:

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Re: I've been remiss...praises to araT

Post by DoctorJay » Thu Sep 16, 2010 10:14 am

araT wrote:Hey Jarret - thank you so so much! I really appreciate it & I'm so glad you're happy with it! :mrgreen:

:shock: I can't believe it's still buzzing a bit for you!! I thought I almost had the action TOO high! you really do have superhuman strength :lol: :mrgreen: 12s should definitely sort that out for you, but if not, or if you're ever in the neighbourhood feel free to swing on by and I'll tweak it a bit more for you free-of-charge. :) I'll set the action so I can't even get the strings to contact the frets - that should be about right for you given our difference in strength! 8) :mrgreen:
Definitely not that strong, just a bit heavy handed. It's mostly fabulous, but there's a couple of songs where I really like to hit the open bottom E in an Em to make it ring. That's the only time there's buzz. I suppose I should fix the technique. Plays like butter though.

I never remembered to show you the 12-string. That's the reason I'm heavy handed, the forces for that one are enough to make me stay away from second position barre chords.
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Re: I've been remiss...praises to araT

Post by Bink » Thu Sep 16, 2010 1:29 pm

DoctorJay wrote:
araT wrote:Hey Jarret - thank you so so much! I really appreciate it & I'm so glad you're happy with it! :mrgreen:

:shock: I can't believe it's still buzzing a bit for you!! I thought I almost had the action TOO high! you really do have superhuman strength :lol: :mrgreen: 12s should definitely sort that out for you, but if not, or if you're ever in the neighbourhood feel free to swing on by and I'll tweak it a bit more for you free-of-charge. :) I'll set the action so I can't even get the strings to contact the frets - that should be about right for you given our difference in strength! 8) :mrgreen:
Definitely not that strong, just a bit heavy handed. It's mostly fabulous, but there's a couple of songs where I really like to hit the open bottom E in an Em to make it ring. That's the only time there's buzz. I suppose I should fix the technique. Plays like butter though.

I never remembered to show you the 12-string. That's the reason I'm heavy handed, the forces for that one are enough to make me stay away from second position barre chords.
You're not the only one! I have that problem too but don't like my action too high so have to put up with a bit of buzzing if I get excited or try and not hit the E with so much vigour (needless to say I put up with the occasional buzz! :mrgreen: )

Nice ot hear of a decent tech job too! Even if araT is several thousand miles + out the way for me!
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Re: I've been remiss...praises to araT

Post by baytamusic » Thu Sep 16, 2010 10:01 pm

I prefer to have a buzz most of the time myself.

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