Acoustic Guitar Demos - Standard Tuning Please

jaymenon

I was surprised to find out that - paradoxically - when your string gauge is heavier, you can take the action much lower in terms of 
- arc relief
- nut slot height &
- saddle height

since for any given volume, the actual excursion / vibration of the strings is less - with less tendency to crash into the frets and cause buzzing.

So oddly, heaver gauge strings can be no harder to play.

Until you try string bending.
 

Tannin

^ Interesting. And makes sense. 

bertie

if you "noodle" with drop-d purely for the low D,  little trick is to capo the top 5 at the second fret............gives drop D while maintaining "non drop" fretted notes  (Uriah Heep - Wizard for example)