Low vs high string action COMPARISON video + audio clip!

    I built a partscaster for a friend yesterday and realized I have had too low action for a long time. And I mean like REALLY low. Even the guys at the PLEK place thought I was crazy. I've had between 0,5mm and 0,7mm action during the last few years, obsessing about getting as low action as possiblle.. But now I really have to re-think my ways here!


    I still need low action to be able to play comfortably, but on my main guitar I simply raised the action, and put on a thinner set of strings (009 as opposed to my good old 010s)


    Here's a video where I use another guitar for actually hearing how action affects tone.

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    So, it doesn't really affect the tone SUPER MUCH, but it differently sacrifices to things:
    1. The bottom end omph....
    2. And the overtones and other nice things that you really want.


    After adjusting my main guitar I got better overtones and harmonics, simply put a more lively sound!


    Here's a Wav version of the comparison in the late part of the video:

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