Ok, so I've never really messed with adjusting the bridge to a certain number and now I'm curious. Do you measure from the actual fret board to the string (I'll assume the bottom of the string) or from the crown of the fret to the string? When you say 5/64" is that at the G string and are all of the strings at 5/64? Thanks, Trey
________________________________ From: Robin Gravina <robin.grav...@gmail.com> To: taterbugmando@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 6:04:05 PM Subject: Re: action I'm getting my spark plug feelers out as we speak. I think I'm too low. 4mm sounds like hard work. I played for my neighbours yesterday as part of our neighbourhood fiestas. Lovely experience - our 'urbanización' of 120 houses organises it's own weekend party: starts on Tuesday with kids games, then Thursday we have the kids dinner - they have to scavenge for the ingredients, from house to house, then open air cinema for all. Friday there is a 'brotherhood dinner' where we all bring food and share it, then a dance - plenty of Macarena and the kids all up until 2 in the morning. Saturday, petanca, and other games competitions, single men against married men football, dance classes, big communal lunch and after our gig (by the pool, sun going down, everyone wearing cowboy hats (there was an associated competition) a big fancy dress dance and everyone from 2 yrs old till 80 hitting the floor. Sunday, tapa competition, communal lunch, everyone gets thrown into the pool, then as the sun goes down, everyone dresses in black, with cross dressing, silly hats and sunglasses encouraged, and we carry the sardine around the whole neighbourhood, with a trumpet and wailing, and bury it as a symbol of the end of fiestas, with plenty of cries of Aieee as we weep for the party that we all created and shared. Just wanted to share that - it really is Old Time - love it. Robin On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 9:07 AM, diptanshu roy<diptanshu....@gmail.com> wrote: > oh yes i am getting there! > deep! > > On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 1:02 AM, mistertaterbug <taterbugmu...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Yessir, I'd say so. If you can play yours at 4mm, you'd be a candidate >> for Superman's job. >> >> Taterbug >> >> On Aug 28, 8:12 am, diptanshu roy <diptanshu....@gmail.com> wrote: >> > cool thanks thats 2 mm. i some how need to get mine lower i guess! >> > >> > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:07 PM, diptanshu roy >> > <diptanshu....@gmail.com>wrote: >> > >> > > 5/64 inches? >> > >> > > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 8:57 PM, mistertaterbug >> > > <taterbugmu...@gmail.com>wrote: >> > >> > >> Deep, >> > >> I keep my action between 4 and 5/64 at the 12th. It is a compromise >> > >> height; just high enough to keep from buzzing(but most any mandolin >> > >> will buzz at the 5th fret on the G string, no matter what) and give >> > >> you more "pop", but still have some sustain. Of course, lowering the >> > >> action a little will give you more sustain and a pretty sound, but >> > >> less whallop when you hit a chop chord. >> > >> > >> TBug >> > >> > >> On Aug 28, 1:13 am, deep <diptanshu....@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > hi guys >> > >> > i know lot of people play bluegrass with a high action. my eastman >> > >> > has >> > >> > quite a bit of it i think! and though i love playing it on >> > >> > bluegrass >> > >> > songs it become quite a challenge when i play swing style... >> > >> > i am attacting this clip which accidentally shows the action. its >> > >> > about 4mm at my 12th fret. may be a bit more. is that very high? or >> > >> > is >> > >> > that what many people are coping with? >> > >> > >> > my bridge is at the lowest and the nut action is fine. also my >> > >> > truss >> > >> > rod is quite tight. perhaps i can turn it another quarter or so. >> > >> > still >> > >> > there is quite a bit of neck relief. on top of that there are no >> > >> > set >> > >> > up guys in india. can anyone tell me if this action too much? >> > >> > >> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbO8zJ3ZDD4 >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugmando@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
