Video: Fender Stratocaster Guitar Action

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Part 1 - Learn how to adjust the guitar string action to setup a fender stratocaster electric guitar in this diy guitar tech video.

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ern368 Aug 02, 2008
I can't get it to play on teh video end, but the description is well writen enough that I can basically prepar my Strat with no problems afterwards.
ern368 Aug 02, 2008
I can't get it to play on teh video end, but the description is well writen enough that I can basically prepar my Strat with no problems afterwards.

Video Transcript

THE FERRET: All right, now, that the neck is adjusted, we can moved on setting the individual string height. Again, we're going to need an Allen wrench, and we've got two small Allen wrench screws that are need to saddle. And what you're trying to do, basically, is match the curvature of the neck with the way the saddles are setting down here, so that your outer two saddles, are going to be the lowest and your next two go up slightly, and your middle two are going to be the highest. So, basically going to create the same kind of curvature at the bridge that you got going on with the neck. And you can usually do that with siding it, looking at it. Again, string actions are a matter of taste, loosening these screws are going to make the saddles go down. And if you find it, you're going all the way down, and it's still not getting low enough action, you're going to have to use the screws that lower the whole plate. Now in this guitar, it's going to be fine, I'm not going to have to mess with those screws at all, because I really don't want to get the string any lower than that, otherwise I'm going to start to get string buzz, but right now, I'm able to play all the notes without getting any buzz, and it's neither too low, nor too high to either play rhythm or lead.

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Fender Stratocaster Guitar Action

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