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  1. Interesting way of denoting this measurement. On acoustics I shoot first for 8 - 10 thou relief, a decent ramp angle behind the saddle and saddle height for tone and volume, then 1st strings 1+2 14, strings 3+4 16, strings 5+6 18, sometimes that is fine tuned and sometimes I'll get a buzz somewhere, blobs!!! and have to start again but check first, sometimes there's a reason like a proud fret. I'm not usually too concerned with the 12th fret providing they end up around 2 - 2.5mm, I'll bring that down slightly if I can but it's usually good for me in that range. As I play in the open strings it's more important for me to get a soft low action at the 1st fret with nice tone and volume, it's a formula that works well for me. I'm no solo or lead player. All my guitars are the same so it's easy to transition between them, great.... My mate and I developed this formula and both use it. We discuss guitar manufacturers setups a lot. Doing our own, ie. starting with blanks, it can take anywhere from 4 - 6 hours to get your perfect setup, a cost we both agree guitar companies can't afford as that cost would have to be passed on to the consumer and we'd only complain, cause we're like that? Also, when you really get down to it, everyone has their "ideal" custom setup, a revelation for me less than a year ago. I wish I learned this many years ago as a few guitars I sold because I didn't like the way they played could have been greatly improved for me with my custom setup. I have one guitar that fitted in this catagory, I didn't play it much but when I changed the setup everything changed, it's a player now. So, all that time and money by a guitar company to do a setup for me would be wasted, cause I'll only do my custom set up anyway. We both agree that guitar companies assume this. We think part of the consumer's problem is we don't assume it when we need to. We need to take doing our own custom setup into account when purchasing a guitar. Plan, work out what your custom setup is by testing your guitars, or someone else's, and find the one you love playing the most, feel wise that is for your playing style, the one you just enjoy playing, take the measurements, if possible, compare that measurement with other guitars with a similar set up to work out if that measurement consistently gives you the playing feel you like. If it does, then you're pretty close to your custom set up. Part of that custom setup includes measuring outside string width from strings 1 - 6 at the nut. My target when custom making my own nuts is 37 - 37.5mm and getting an even spacing between strings, easier said than done! My mate for example has an ideal 36 - 36.5 mm outside string measurement. A guitar with a 42mm nut width will only give you around 38mm due to needing a minimum 2 - 3mm at each end of the nut. But ohhh, I'm rambling again.............
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