My guitar's never sounded better

[WezV]

I set my guitars up so that the nut slot is cut as low as possible...and the action is controlled by the bridge

thats what i go with too

... tuning suffers if you have to push the strings too far... bridge intonation adjustment can only correct for so much of that and has very little effect near the nut  so i wouldnt be surprised if raising the nut has made your first few frets a little sharp... worth checking!!

but if somebody does like playing with a higher nut action thats ok, but they should really consider getting some kind of compensated nut on there to correct it.  this is sometimes also usefull for people who want to swap between slide and normal playing on the same guitar

[Roobubba]

I set my guitars up so that the nut slot is cut as low as possible...and the action is controlled by the bridge

thats what i go with too

... tuning suffers if you have to push the strings too far... bridge intonation adjustment can only correct for so much of that and has very little effect near the nut  so i wouldnt be surprised if raising the nut has made your first few frets a little sharp... worth checking!!

but if somebody does like playing with a higher nut action thats ok, but they should really consider getting some kind of compensated nut on there to correct it.  this is sometimes also usefull for people who want to swap between slide and normal playing on the same guitar

Oh, by way of "while I remember", in one of our new tracks, I'm playing a riff with a slide on the Vociferator - takes a bit of getting used to the angles required for slide-chords (A-E-A strings, for example) though!

And I'd like to highlight the 'normal tuning' in Nolly's statement: bigger strings don't dull the sound of the instrument if you tune down (and even with a black dog, I'm finding pinch harmonics really really easy on the Vociferator!)

Roo

[dave_mc]

Yeah, I agree with that.  I said I like light strings and a low action, but I guess it's really low-"ish"- high enough that I can hit a string fairly hard without it buzzing.

And the strings are bog-standard 10-46 - light, but not rubber bands.  I like to be able to do bends and vibrato and feel like I'm controlling the strings, they're not going to pop out from under my fingers.

yeah, same here (with the action).

i generally use 9s on a 25.5" scale... need to do a little experimenting with 24.75" and 25", from what i've seen so far, 9s can be a bit slack but 10s are a bit stiff... :lol:

[Nolly]

And I'd like to highlight the 'normal tuning' in Nolly's statement: bigger strings don't dull the sound of the instrument if you tune down (and even with a black dog, I'm finding pinch harmonics really really easy on the Vociferator!)

Roo

Hmm, I disagree on that. Also, I'd say the tuning itself alters the tone a guitar produces quite massively. It was quite an eye-opener to go back to tuning in E standard-based tunings, the additional punch and directness is very noticeable, and we're talking about correspondingly balanced string sets here too.
I wasn't talking about pinch harmonics btw, I mean the sets of harmonics that the vibrating string creates.
In your case as well, you've got an extended scale, which fundamentally changes the way your instrument sounds, and would certainly help accentuate the higher frequencies.

[Philosoful]

As much as that's your view and cool for you! I disagree Nolly, I am loving the tone of huge strings and they ring out like crazy, my guitar has never resonated more. Not saying your wrong or right but, yeah :)

Huge strings, yes, high action, no.

Has your intonation over the board held up after doing that?

That was one thing I was fearful of and it is fine! Going to double check it soon but it is pretty much spot on, one or two strings need replacing but otherwise all is pretty awesome!

Fernando, a single mm piece of stainless steel my friend machined for me! Check it out:

You can just about make it out...

Thought it was on yours build (with no floyd, if I remember right) :)
Some FR bridge comes with a set of it, if I'm not wrong

Ha, nah, that's my Conklin 8, simularly like the above poster Bill (Conklin) is concerned that it would raise intonation issues but I've mailed him with my recent experimentation and I'll see what he says soon. He said ages ago my guitar will have low action and great tone but re emailed the above latley - great tones one thing, greatER tone is another :D