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Taylor Acoustic & Electric Guitars => Taylor Acoustic & Electric Guitars => Topic started by: FELIX6786 on September 15, 2021, 11:19:08 AM

Title: ACTION ACADEMY SERIES
Post by: FELIX6786 on September 15, 2021, 11:19:08 AM

Hi guys I have an Academy 12 and have tried many times to adjust the action...(it seems way high compared to my 812 or k22) to no avail....any suggestions? also a new taylor saddle (tusk) sanded to a lower height in the 5 and 6 strings was added and nothing...I can sand it more i guess....

Title: Re: ACTION ACADEMY SERIES
Post by: Frettingflyer on September 15, 2021, 11:59:03 AM

Is the action high all over or just part of the neck? Also, reference your post in the other thread, ours is not high at all.

Title: Re: ACTION ACADEMY SERIES
Post by: FELIX6786 on September 15, 2021, 01:23:00 PM

10 fret up you noticed more....i've tried adjusting the rod but for some reason I cannot get it right

Title: Re: ACTION ACADEMY SERIES
Post by: Earl on September 16, 2021, 12:06:09 AM

Felix, it has been said many times here - sanding the saddle down is really not the right way to adjust action on the NT necks.  A Taylor-approved tech can change out the shims and get the neck angle just right.  (In a dovetail joint that reset is major surgery.  For a Taylor it is a 15 minute job).  Then he adjusts the truss rod to get the correct relief of about 0.007

There was more detail but the server dropped it and I

Title: Re: ACTION ACADEMY SERIES
Post by: FELIX6786 on September 16, 2021, 06:36:15 AM

Thanks a lot

Title: Re: ACTION ACADEMY SERIES
Post by: Frettingflyer on September 16, 2021, 08:21:44 AM

What Earl said is where I was going with this. Should be an easy fix.

Title: Re: ACTION ACADEMY SERIES
Post by: Earl on September 16, 2021, 10:43:28 AM

I listed the factory action and relief specs and that getting lower usually requires saddle sanding once the neck geometry was right.  But the first fractions or apostrophes truncated an entire paragraph.  Grrrrrr.  Maybe someone not using an Apple device to post  could try again for the benefit of Felix.