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Setting Up an Acoustic Guitar : Acoustic Guitar Setup: Neck Set Angle

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Uploaded by on Sep 30, 2008

The neck should be set to the correct angle in order to provide good action on an acoustic guitar. Learn more about the neck set angle with expert tips in this free guitar video.

Expert: Dan'L Terry
Bio: Dan'L Terry is a nationally award-winning artist/designer. His art has been exhibited in national juried shows and museums, on the covers of books and magazines, and in feature films.
Filmmaker: MAKE | MEDIA

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  • Check for neck straightness/flatness first?

  • Good info, but would like to have seen him include info on how to adjust the truss rod on a guitar that is NOT a Taylor (since Taylor's have screws on the neck instead of a truss rod inside the hole).

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  • ExpertVillage is at it again I see...

  • Decimal Inches!

    I always wonder how those people could fly to the Moon.

    Ahh...yes...it was with the help by some Germans...

  • This is crap. "...at this end of the fretboard" - well that depends upon how many frets the guitar has. Furthermore, he hasn't checked the straightness of the neck first, and that can be affected by the guage and tuning of the strings. This is useless, amateurish crap.

    Anyone following this could find themselves really screwing up their guitar and be forced to pay out a load of money for a real expert to sort it out!

  • this guy is pretty slow, is dan erlewine in here anywhere??

  • i want my action lower on my acous/elec, how do you do that?????

  • @Cathode0 fret your low e string at the fifteenth fret. measure the gap between string and fret at the seventh fret with a feeler gauge. should be .011

  • The way this guy is banging this guitar around, I'd never let him work on my guitars.

  • evey guitar is different

  • Shouldn't you also check if the neck angle should be adjusted by doing something like: holding down the 14th fret and checking the relief of the next fret over?

    I'm not experienced or anything, I'm just trying to figure out what's wrong with my taylor.

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