Another, way to look at it, is Humphrey's Millennium guitar, with an EXTREME neck angle, however the action is pretty good, at least on the ones set up by Jurlick out in LA. Michael Thames www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 1:52 PM Subject: Re: Built-in action?
> In a message dated 6/17/2005 12:33:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > It's not a misconception - on a classical guitar, as you surely know, one > method of construction has the neck in line with the body, but then the > fingerboard is thinner at the higher frets, producing the same effect as > angling the neck "upwards" - on this point I disagree with Tim. If you > angle the neck backwards and your fingerboard is uniform thickness, then you > are likely to buzz from the first fret - the pull of the strings may > compensate. > > I've played many baroque guitars where the neck angle definitely affects the > action, same with classical guitars. > > James > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
