Neck Tension vs. String Height Question

Neck Tension vs. String Height Question | Telecaster Guitar Forum

The neck is best if it's not perfectly straight, but rather has a bit of relief. How much depends on a lot of variables.

Trying to Understand The Relationship Between Neck Relief and ...

Fender Method, fret the 17th fret and check the string height at the 8th & 9th fret. Ovation Method, fret 1/2 way between the 12th & 13th fret ...

[QUESTION]Does increasing action on an electric guitar affect the ...

The string tension will be the same if you tune the same. Higher action will add leverage to the string pull on the neck.

String tension question | Fender Stratocaster Guitar Forum

rafasounds said: The height of the neck heel in relation to the neck pocket does affect the feel of the strings, among other more obvious things ...

string tension and neck geometry | TalkBass.com

So the best way to measure the relief is by fretting at the first fret (to take the nut out of the equation) and at the fret where the neck ...

String height vs neck angle - Forum - Mandolin Cafe

The higher you make the bridge, the more you need to brace it to resist the string pressure on the bridge and top. This is a bit oversimplified, ...

Guitar Action: The Complete Guide to String Height ... - Stringjoy

The back of the neck begins with a C at the first fret, and gradually changes to a D, at the guitar/neck joint. The compound fretboard radius ...

The Complete Guide To String Action Height - Music Nomad

String Gauge Changes: Switching to a different gauge (thickness) of strings can affect the tension on the neck and subsequently change the action. Heavier gauge ...

Question about string tension - The Acoustic Guitar Forum

PB vs 80/20s in the same gauge have different tensions. ... Narrower necks require more energy to barre which may affect feel. That's the distance ...

Are Low Action and String Tension Related? - Jazz Guitar Online

This is not necessarily true at all. Yes, changing the action has almost no bearing at all on the relief in the neck. But for many players, the ...

Question about string tension | My Les Paul Forum

ETA: I use 11-52s on my LPs and keep neck relief at around .004-.005 and string height at .002 1st string and .004 6th string. Nice low action ...

String Tension Vs. Action - TalkBass.com

Heavier strings = more tension = the possibility of lower action. Tighter strings cause the string's excursion to decrease allowing for lower action.

Tension and Scale length vs. string length | Unofficial Warmoth Forum

All other things being equal, you would expect strings of the same gauge tuned to the same pitch on two different-scale-length necks to be at higher tension on ...

dobro string height vs tension question - MIMF

So it occurs to me that by raising the string height with a nut extender and higher bridge saddles so that the strings are 1/4" or a little less ...

Neck Relief, Neck Angle, Bridge Height and Action question

At .012" ( and above) the string tension feel is noticeably lower, bending is easier, but the string feels "splatty" and loses harmonic zing, ...

Less neck relief = More string tension? - The Acoustic Guitar Forum

Scale length change is entirely negligible. The tension will be identical. ... One has has to realize that what we intuit or feel has nothing to ...

String Height Variation Across Fretboard - ProjectGuitar.com

Look at the way the string vibrates. Note how much it moves near the nut and bridge saddles. Then look around fret #12. You will see why you ...

Noob question...string height | The Canadian Guitar Forum

First step to setting your action (string height) is to adjust your neck relief with the truss rod. If your neck is bowed one way or the other ...

A fresh look at choosing string gauges: real and perceived tension ...

This same phenomenon happens when you increase the break angle and so forth. As far as whether it can be measured, perceived string tension is a ...

How can I tell if it is neck relief or if my bridge is too high?

A string action gauge is helpful as well for precisely measuring your action at various spots up and down the fretboard and over your pickups.