U.S. Guitar Kits Acoustic Guitar Kit, Руководство по сборке

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Step Twenty-Setup
Set up determines the guitar’s playability and reflects the individual builder
or player’s preferences. If you are looking for a fingerboard that is easier to
play, you’ll want lighter strings and a lower action. If you like your sound to
project better, you might prefer a slightly higher action. The action is set by
the amount of relief you’ve allowed the neck to maintain. Please refer to the
diagrams below for an explanation of Action.
String tension can pull the neck up and therefore increased the spacing
between the strings and the fingerboard and may be reduced by the use of
the Truss rod to counteract the effect of the string tension.
If the action is low, buzzing is more likely to occur. So a lower action
requires more attention to Setup. A certain tolerance must be maintained
between strings and frets and a slight fall away must be introduced where the
fingerboard lies over the guitar body.
It is not a good idea to try to set up your guitar before you’ve strung it to
pitch, in other words, before you have tuned the strings to the tension they
are likely to maintain. This is simply because you need to know what the
neck’s reaction is going to be before you can decide on the proper remedy.
In a perfect world the neck will bend just the right amount to give you the
right action and you will hear no buzzing. That is, however, very unlikely.
You may want to make any necessary adjustments before you tackle
intonation since any changes in the neck, nut, bridge or even string choice
will require that you revisit intonation.
The tone and volume of the acoustic guitar are very much affected by the
bridge and saddle since this is the place where the vibration of the string is
transmitted to the guitar’s body. A little patient attention to these areas will
greatly improve your playing enjoyment.
Let’s take a look at some of the tolerances we are shooting for.
Height of the saddle portion protruding from bridge = Min. : .093”
Max. : .25”
Ideal : .12”
Optimum distance from high E string to first fret = .06”
Optimum distance from low E string to first fret = . 08”