Re: Feeler gauges for measuring string height question
Originally Posted by
mandolin breeze
Some time ago I started using a penny at the 12th fret on both the G and E strings. A penny is 1.52 mm thick. I find this a very comfortable height and is high enough to give the mando some real bark. I set the string so that the penny is touching, but not lifting the string. Really a super simple method to set all my instruments consistent and identical. And, there is always a perfect "string height gauge" available anywhere.
Some time ago when my son was in H.S. I had he and his friend measure the thickness of 100 new pennies and to get data for doing basic statistics. As I recall the mean for the new pennies was 1.43 mm and the range was bigger then one might think something like 1.35 to 1.57 mm. But your point is a good one. You can measure something like a coin and then you have something handier then getting out feeler gauges.
A Stew-Mac string action ruler is the method I prefer much faster.
Bernie
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