James Freeman
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I've been reminded how delicate the balance between the trussrod, nut, bridge and intonation is and how nice it is to play on a well set up guitar.
All my guitars are set the same according my personal preference, if even one thing is out of balance the guitar doesn't feel right to play.
My American Performer Strat was not very well set up out of factory with the nut too high, playability was compromised and I disliked the guitar and didn't want to play it.
Today I filed its nut to correct height from the first fret and changed the factory 9's to 10's, adjusted trussrod, action and intonation, it made huge improvement in playability and overall fret buzz throughout the neck and big difference in tone and how the guitar feels to play.
How important is a good setup to you, and can you tolerate a poorly set up guitar?
All my guitars are set the same according my personal preference, if even one thing is out of balance the guitar doesn't feel right to play.
My American Performer Strat was not very well set up out of factory with the nut too high, playability was compromised and I disliked the guitar and didn't want to play it.
Today I filed its nut to correct height from the first fret and changed the factory 9's to 10's, adjusted trussrod, action and intonation, it made huge improvement in playability and overall fret buzz throughout the neck and big difference in tone and how the guitar feels to play.
How important is a good setup to you, and can you tolerate a poorly set up guitar?