There are also action height issues that can affect a guitar's tone. Usually, action height is set by the height of the guitar's bridge saddle. Generally, proper action height can vary between .080 inches and .095 inches depending on playing style. Action height is measured by using feeler gauges and measuring the distance between the bottom of the unfretted 6th string and the top of the 12th fret. Both neck relief and action height affect the ease of playability of a guitar and its tone.
Let me know what you find when you check the neck relief.
Ken
Thanks Ken. The string is seated well into the nut. In fact, even a little clearance between the top of the string and the top of the nut. So it's down as far as it will go. Not sure what you mean by neck relief though.
Rick, have you checked your neck relief and action height? First, though, push down hard on the G-string on both sides of the nut to make sure the string is seated all the way down into its nut slot.
I took out one of my Taylor GS Minis the other day to try and get back to playing. Two bad hands and a bad right shoulder, but I'm determined to play a few tunes. I noticed that the G string sounds dead. That's the only way I can describe it. So I changed to a new fresh set of strings and it still sounds dead. Strum a chord and when you hit that string, you can hear it. Almost just a "clump". The other strings sound just fine. Any idea what I could be dealing with? Thanks for any suggestions.
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