Today's video topic: how action height affects your tone!

[aarontunes]

 

[teleme01]

Interesting, slightly cleaner crispynis on the high side

 

[mayfly]

"Walking down the boulevaaaaaaard."

 

[Spud]

Conversely, how does tone affect action height?

 

[rauchman]

Great vid. In my teenage tinker years, I learned early on, the higher the action, the clearer the tone

By the way, the Warhead headstock looks sooooo right on a Tele

 

[Strat Avenger]

The high action is a little "cleaner" due to less fret buzz, and there is slightly more sustain, but the tone is pretty much the same either way.
I run 4/64" minimum to 5/64" maximum @ 12th fret, and it's the same for all 6 strings.
Because I'm a bit heavy-handed, I run 026-036-046 for the wound strings with 009-011-016 for the plain. It also helps when tuned down a half-step.

 

[Scab Pickens]

Higher sounded better to me for sure. I went down the super heavy strings / highest action I could possibly stand route for a while. Now I'm gradually working my way back down to the "happy medium" Aaron hinted at. I still prefer a higher action than most, I think. I can't stand fret buzz. I'm curious about the string gauge used in the video.

 

[Scab Pickens]

Conversely, how does tone affect action height?

Well ... when your tone sucks, you need to raise your action height!

 

[ghostrider]

So the takeaway is, if your tone sucks:

1. Drink some Pepto-Bismol
2. Adjust your action
3. Profit