Adjusting the string height/action on your guitar

[RaVeNzor]

HEIGHT, NOT HEIGTH

[petedogg369]

4/64=2/32=1/16 Why is he going by 64th when it's a proper fraction that can be reduced to 1/16th?

[petedogg369]

That Floyd only has 2 adjustments because the radius is built in. Usually 12" radius with the shim plate under the center 4 saddles and without the shim plate it's 16", this is for an Original Floyd Rose. You just need to adjust the high and low E strings for proper action.

[randomtwit]

Mr. Mackey repairs a guitar

mkay?

[scaredstiffblog]

You really need to stop smacking your lips as it's very distracting. The lip thing seems to be epidemic on instructional videos.

[J4m3z1]

@scaredstiffblog

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[independentmind1977]

Guys, a simple thank you would have sufficed

[cfwilkins2003]

Did he just say " string heith"? Yo its string HEIGHT". Theres no "th" at tthe end it a hard "T".

[J4m3z1]

@cfwilkins2003

XD!

[cthulhu11111111]

4/64 = 0.0035 cubits

[cthulhu11111111]

4/64 = 0.0156 hands

[Lister73]

4/64 = 1.588 mm

[Lavabug]

What stratocaster model is that? Those frets are HUGE.

[superdubsolo]

4 64ths wtf is this the dark ages?

[Freakishd]

@superdubsolo

I lol'd

[tqmbill1]

I wish he'd planned what he was going to say. Couldn't bear to listen it was so bad. If he knows what he's doing, you'll never learn from his video.

[GFLOffkey]

use a feeler guage its more accurate and much better

[brandonjclark78]

Please try do future videos with a written script. You'll feel better about it and it will reduce the number of times we need to listen to the word "um" or long pauses while you figure out what you want to say.

Thanks!

[funofsk8ing]

damn, string just broke

[funofsk8ing]

ok so i watched the intonation video but i can't set the intonation correct on the G, B and high e strings. they're really flat so i tighten the screw a bit to get em closer, but when i retune it just goes back to how it was. can anyone help me?

[crybaby87Crosby]

Those are some awkward looking pickups

[Johnnyboy414]

yeaaaah i dont have a ruler so im just wingin' it

[heber810]

HEIFGHTFFFF

[kevgmei]

4/64 = 1/16 you can measure this on almost any ruler

[MrStrongarms]

@kevgmei he just wants to sound smarter than he really is... I have a cousin Dean that does that with issues pertaining to guns and gun accessories.

[TheDanzilla7]

It's HEIGHT..HEIGHT!!!

[MultiThrashmetal]

damn his ibanez is chipped as fuck

[mimimishima]

wut da heighth

[erosar10]

Quit smacking your lips and learn how to say HEIGHT!!!!!!

[weezy111]

HEIGHTH

[dayone54]

lol yea he does say "highth" lol u guys are funny!

and 4/64 is equal to 1/16th so why not say the latter?

i will try it my way see if it works if not, i will take it to luthier.

[Jerryco87]

nail of cocaine person.

[rythma86]

shtring heighth

[jackscardino]

Did this bitch just say "highth"?

I thought it was "height".

[MaximusHendrix]

strats are a pain in ass sometimes...i love em..but damn...

[faridzayish]

what's ideal string height for shredding. i find that my guitar have fret buzz on 3rd and 4th string only. any solutions?

[faridzayish]

what's the name of the ruler? is it possible to find the ruler in stationery books store?

[MrSpugizakom]

@akudal964

I have an edge III too... God dam i wish someone would post a vid on how to set it!

[thojyout23]

@MrSpugizakom dude i have the same. its pretty easy man, unlock the nuts, you just adjust the 2 poles that are positioned on the left and right of the bridge with a hex screw, they can go up and down, just make sure you even out both sides tho because if it isnt even, the tuning when pressing down the strings will be messed up

[akudal964]

I have an edge III...FUCK!

[joeangelo04]

by "heighth" do you mean "height" ?

[Raikkonen43]

@HAYDS510 Read the entire conversation before you make a post like this next time. Kev made a comment calling the other guy a retard when it wasn't needed. I was doing the same back to him. So thanks, I will have a great weekend.

[Raikkonen43]

@kevgmei He was commenting on what the other guy said. Learn to read, retard.

[HAYDS510]

@Raikkonen43 in the spirit of all jumping on eachother and finishing with "retard", I hope you have a good weekend, retard.

[theHMAE]

can the high e and b string be lower, because when i play solo of free bird its very difficult with big action.

[theHMAE]

can somebody say how many centimeters the string should be from the fred?

[KatsuTonkatsu]

@theHMAE what's a fred?

[kevgmei]

@KatsuTonkatsu He said frets. Get your hearing checked, retard.

[Korpasjaervii]

One thing you should have added when you were talking about the Ibanez bridge was that they have to remove the bridge before setting action so that you don't ruin the action adjustment screws. Even if you have a video specificaly for the floyd rose some people may just use this video and might end up ruining the screws on their guitars.

Great guide though.

[guitawrizt]

This guy is a stammering/ bumbling/ dink.

[themanfromwem]

@guitawrizt ten four. good bud.

[seeker909]

what kind of pickup is that in the bridge of the strat?

[shaytan1313]

where i live 4/64 is actually called 1/16.... they teach that in grade school....

[destructo403]

@shaytan1313 I'm from Canada, and I even knew this.

[akagami23]

nice ibanez.

[steve1to10]

Yeah, height not heighth. Also far too much spittle in the mouth, so slurping noises are not becoming!

[joesalinas1990]

do u need to raise the action higher if your using higher gauge strings????

[alexanderissocool]

@joesalinas1990 yes because the strings will be thicker and it might buzz

[Carobuie]

Very instructive and to the point, thank you very much!

[JATO457]

holy shit, i have the same color strat that i am changing the action on

[skippytrials]

Height with a "T" not TH dammit!!!!

[sgtpeppers76]

ow much is it to take a guitar in to get action checked and stuff like that

[GEORGEZNEMETH]

Nice job, 4/64ths is used because it's more precise than 1/16th. Free instruction, no complaints here. I actually got by with 3/64ths on my Jackson.. Thanks!

[iskim86]

holy shit you people complain too much about free shit.

[Mrsonnybe]

Hey the guy is doin this free. Maybe he is helping out some novices. If you don't like it, then turn it off.

[speeding22001]

@Mrsonnybe ok

[speeding22001]

started out as a good video but the smacking drove me nuts!!!

[Ts1398]

@speeding22001 agreed

[laiosto]

Learn the metric system buddy.Why are you still pissing around with fractions when you say 2 mm,or 4 mm or 1.5 mm.?

[MJMImages]

Please take a video class so we don't get motion sick.

[kharkhov]

That's my point. Fractions are always expressed in their lowest terms.

[kharkhov]

4/64ths? What happened to 1/16th?

[sukebola]

@kharkhov 4/64ths is the same height 1/16th

[SUPitsDave]

@kharkhov what about 3/64ths? that doesn't fit into 16ths....

that's why he said 64ths......

[ledzep5559]

It's a great video, but I die a little every time he says "highth"

[stiehlreddog]

@ledzep5559 Thats funny.That is not the first time I heard someone say hieghth.That must be the width and the hieght together.ha!

[jigmesam]

Is he saying Heith, or is it just me? :)

[OpsInChain]

i was thinking that your next guitar would be a les paul but when i saw a floyd rose

man thank you soo much for the help i have a floyd rose just got it today thank you soo much

[USMCdoggunner]

its pronounced (HI-T)... not (HI-TH)

[dudzi777]

you have long nails

[Binglung]

you are a superior youtube uploader. i thank you and want to say Fuck Yeah!

[ynyslochtyn]

The 17 th fret bit could have been mentioned earlier

[solenelle]

what is 4 64?

[ER720]

@solenelle 1/16 th of an inch or about 2 mil.

[assasinator1980]

make a video on how to turn a crappy guitar into a great one

[jdspano]

heightTHHHHH



[carobertwhelan]

The heighth and smacking his lips after every sentence was bothering me a ton. However this is really good information, well worth the view.

[aaerosteve]

He's giving good info, and you guys are bickering about what words are correct, dorks...and he's saying 4/64th's, because he is using a special ruler, that measures in 64's, no need to reduce the fraction math-wanna-be's..

[inkey2]

he is going to get a "false reading" on his measurements because the neck is leaning against something. When doing "any" type neck adjustment intonation etc. you always do it "in the playing position".......you never, never, never do any neck related adjustments on a guitar in the flat position

[adamp51]

4/64ths = 1/16 of an inch. Is that what you mean Zippy?

[kklaus6154]

Dude, do you need some WATER?!? Very informative though, thank you..

[FionnMcDonald]

fucking "heighth" isnt word, shut up you mug

[RuXTaR]

@FionnMcDonald I think it's King James Bible

[RKCMUZIK1111]

omg this guy is strange 

[traindude95]

4/64 is 1/16!!! use a simple fraction!!!!!!!!!!!

[BandwannaMcGunner]

STOP SAYING HEIGHTH! IT'S NOT A WORD!

[HumblePie76]

Lace senors and a hot rail? Really? Makes me want to throw up.

[HumblePie76]

Lace senors and a hot rail? Really?

Gay.

[592220]

Stop SMACKING YOUR DAMN LIPS FREEEEEEAK!!!

[haziq1996]

seymour duncan hotrails and a pair of YJM furies?

[metalhed0294]

Okay, what is a good hight for slide guitar? If it helps, I'll be playing stuff like Aerosmith, Lynyrd Skynyrd, ZZ Top, etc. I don't know if the type of stuff you'll be playing determines how high the strings should be, but oh well.

[andru75k4]

@metalhed0294 4-6 sixtyfourths. Depends on how you feel right. I like my guitar a little lower (3.5), but that's just me, and I don't play slide yet, since I couldn't find a slide bar @ my music store.

[hoodoomemoryanomaly]

Heighth isn't actually a word (just fyi, because you say it over and over.)

[6pwner]

hey dewd the hex key deosn't seem to want to turn the bridgeheads

[who8allthepies]

forgot to add i even had the last 5 frets flattened down just abit by a expert tech to even acheive lower action. but still cant seem to get them any lower. weird.

[who8allthepies]

i have had my neck fret dressed, all frets levelled, truss rod set to 0.10 and still cant get any lower than 2 mm on 17th fret. the nut is perfect which gives me 0.18 clearance 45 thou on first fret across all strings. but i have tried and tried to get it to factory spec ie 1.6 mm height and cant. its a 2006 usa strat maple neck with 9-42 ernie ball slinkys.

[RlNCE]

@HappyMrFellow 1.59 mm

[st3amworks]

very nice but PLEASE! its height not HEIGTHHH

[thegiz2007]

Great Video, Thanks

[AviatorAndyK]

HEIGHT. 

[CrankCase08]

What about the nut??? Okay?

[ubermedic]

ENGLISH MOTHERFUCKER DO YOU SPEAK IT!?!

[azfryguy]

@ubermedic I here by award you 10 internets good sir.

[bomboloneallacrema]

@ubermedic Wh... wa... what?

[bgalp]

its height not heighth

[tr4vass]

i couldn't finish this video because the guy kept making a noise like he had peanut butter stuck to the roof of his mouth 1:43

[Barracuda007]

i've got a mex strat and to get rid of fret buzz i've had to set the action 3mm from the 17th fret, is that normal for a strat? Because it seems really high, i've got the bridge saddles about as high as they will go!

[blownspirit]

@Barracuda007 I've got US one, it was set up to 2.2mm at 12th which was to high more we go up, then I set down strings action, but at I heard buzz, what I did it's to tilt a little bit the neck by turning right the screw situated on the little metallic plate which tie the neck to the body, the US one's got it...then I had almost the same height from the 12 to the 22, I adjust the action to 1;8 mm, now I have some buzzes which disappear once I plug it even clean or with high gain.

[rampage222555]

I dont know if what he says about FR string height is right. To what I understand, luthiers put pieces of copper under the FR saddles to equal the bowing of the frets. My hellraiser is like that.

[TheMattSchott]

no one gives a fuck on how to measure shit, we all know how to do that, tell us how to fucking adjust it

[eljoisawesome]

@TheMattSchott small allen key bro

[Haiddsalami]

are you on drugs?? can i have some?

[secretraygun]

4/64" is a 1/16th of an an inch. Also the word is "height" not "heighth".

[Suiton1]

Thank you

Thank you

[WyldeOzzgasm]

hey just wondering i recently bought a new guitars but im really struggling to alternate pick and tap on it , would Adjusting the string height/action on the guitar help overcome this problem.

[Eldererr]

is that hot rail inn that stratĻ

[inkey2]

Since every guitar, even the same make and model will have a different threshold height for where it will buzz......using a ruler is useless. Tune the guitar to pitch....look down the neck....adjust it so it has just the very slightest hint of a bend in it....then...Just take the action down at the bridge till it starts to buzz then keep backing off the adjustment till it stops buzzing. do that on each string

[ItiFutPrietena]

i don't understand that part with 64ths. I am from Europe and we use Meters (and subdivisions Decimetres, Centimetres, Milimetres), and i Don't know what 64th means... can somebody help please "translating" that in cm?

Thanks in advance!

[dpejinsky]

@ItiFutPrietena It's a 64th of an inch. 1/16ths (4/64ths) of an inch = 1.5875mm

[MultiToneKing]

it's not pronounced heighth. dick

[JoshStraitiff]

@MultiToneKing lol you took the words out of my mouth.

[irockyouroll]

i love your videos, clear and precise, and comprehensible, not like the other vids on this topic! ima adjust all the guitars i can get my hand on now! lol

[Eldererr]

wait do i need to do this when i bought my new guitar or my new guitar is already setup?

[Loctorpse]

@Eldererr In most cases you will need to make some adjustments even when it's fresh from the factory.

[inkey2]

@Eldererr it depends on the shop you bought it from.........most shops charge you extra (above the price of the guitar) to set it up. You could just give them a call and ask them if the guitars they sell are already set up or do you have to pay extra for it.....or....if you are taking lessons, have the teacher play it and tell you if it seems right.

[A7XEternalSoldier]

Okay, so the Fender he's using as one screw on each side of the bridge for the general action, but what would I do with mine? I have two guitars, a Scheter Omen 7 with a TonePros TOM bridge (easy to adjust, already done it) and a Fender Starcaster (my very first guitar). My Fender however, has a smaller screw under each string; I assume that means I can adjust the action of each string indiviually (been playing for three years and I'm just now figuring this shit out...)?

[63drawoh]

terrible tutorial - and just bad advice

[guitarmanpollard]

thanks for the tip because up till today i was wondering if there was a hight that your strings had to go so i know now how to set my strings thank you

[dustingrey]

I think the reason he probably said "4/64ths" is because it's easier to discuss the adjustments in context with other possible adjustments. For example, he could have said, "1/32nd is too low; 3/64ths is for faster players, but is cutting it a little short; 1/16th is perhaps the best over choice for this." This would be a little confusing for people, however, and so he used all measurements in 64ths.

[yogeesunshine]

great video

[markingfeat]

can i get that on the metrical system, im kinda of noob on inches.

[A7XEternalSoldier]

@markingfeat I'm not entirely sure on this, but I think 4/64ths (or 1/16ths) is two millimeters. I watched a different video a while back and they mentioned having the strings 2mm from the frets for the average style. Again, not entirely sure, but I believe that's right.

[GuitarDeuce]

4/64ths??? Most of us just say 1/16th. Same diff.

[Deathreaper091]

Hey thanks i just started playing about a week or 2 ago still getting better xD anyway this was helpful

[miscellaneousanus]

is he sayin string heighth?

[overandout58]

@miscellaneousanus

yup..heighth.. 4/64th, = a knats penis measurement. anything under that will give string buzz.

in El Aaiun, the knats are all female...

[miscellaneousanus]

@overandout58 i just thought it was height...

[contact1araya]

I am posting a comment on Saddle intonation adjustment here since comments over there are turned off...

The note on the 12th fret is lower than the harmonic on the 12th so I loosen the saddle screw to shorten the sting length....I keep doing this and retuning and rechecking but there is little to no change. I gradually keep on doing this, always checking and retuning but no change, from totally tightened to totally loose until the screw comes completely out of the saddle. Whats wrong?

[mcbann99]

what strat is that?

[klasse2bub]

@mcbann99 MIM standard. Looks like a 90`

[markingfeat]

What pickups do you have?

[cbennz514]

It bothers me when he says 4/64 instead of 1/16. Yes, they are the same and the 1/16 marker is so much easier to find

[skillzdatkillz900]

i have fret buzz on the low e string, but its only just getting it if ya know what i mean, i dont really know anything about adjusting guitars, but would raising that one string fuck up my guitar or just solve the problem?

[kmullenmusic]

your videos are awesome, but the word is "height". "heighth" is not a word.

[esa1810]

@kmullenmusic it bothers the shit out of me too.

[azfryguy]

I keep hearing that the 12th and the 17th fret are the ones your suppose to messure whats the difference (besides 5 frets)? I preer the 12th fret because it seems to be more of in the middle of the board.

[HarryPotter3700]

My guitar looks just like that Strat...except it's black and a Davison...

[MisterDeva00]

what size allen wrench i need ? 2mm ?

[WhomDoYouServe]

LIP SMACKING is distracting and annoying, but something that you don't notice until you hear yourself. Hopefully he's heard himself doing it, and has learned to not repeat that mistake.

[wksoh]

I've a new Bullet HSS, the action came very high and it buzzes..! This is great video.. thank you very much!

[randomtwit]

He is saying Heighth correctly, its the quality of the mic

[xXcharliegoonerXx]

some simple tips for a simple human being:

1.STOP LIP SMACKING

2.LEARN HOW TO SAY HEIGHT no human says "hief" instead of "height"

3.GET THE FUCK ON WITH IT

[Ukrgeek]

@xXcharliegoonerXx Sorry, but i thought you were supposed to say thanks.

[XxDakoTaTheDinoxX]

@xXcharliegoonerXx Shut up asshole. Why don't you make the fucking video yourself?

[ScreamAimRise]

@xXcharliegoonerXx I say heif instead of height -___-

Jerk

[metalmilitiacdr]

@xXcharliegoonerXx it's actually heighth. still not the real way to say it as well as it not being an actual word though.

[albatrossjams]

what kind of pick-ups are those on the Strat?

[shadowskey666]

honestly i think its kinda stupid what some people get a kick out of.

[userboy6]

sorry dude but i can't help but laugh every time you say heighth

[MrFenderkev]

Yeh, whats with the heigthhhhhh????? Its TTTTTT man!!

[sephiroth7655]

I HAVE THAT GUITAR wow Isn't that the guitar from waynes world?

[bluesboydude]

thanks dude THHHHHH :P

[demonrule]

Wow...ok...I read the comments before I watched the video (to let it download) and how he says "height" is annoying. But my previous comment wonders how he came up with "heighth"...

[demonrule]

width, length, and........heighth?

[nuKal4metal]

goodnighth.....

[JakeC24]

like if you laughed every time he said 'heighth' instead of 'height'

[maj0rdick]

@ descalabro . thanks, that helped!

[maj0rdick]

so... how much is this "four sixty-fourths" measure in milimeters?