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August 19th, 2012, 11:30 AM
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Fret height and string buzz
I'm an ok player - mostly just messing around at home etc and I think after 18 years of playing that I can make barre chords ok in my acoustic - but most of the time that I play it, it sounds really bad - buzzy and tinny. The guitar is a blueridge dreadnought BR 05 which I've had since I started. The neck is straight and strings are fresh.
Last night I compared the fret height with my favorite electric - my dean EVO special and found that the dean's fret height was much higher and the frets were thicker.
So I am wondering whether acoustic guitars have lower frets than electric guitars or whether my acoustic has just abnormally low (at least for me ) fret heights.
Because of this I find playing acoustic very unrewarding - but i assumed it was just me. Now i am wondering whether a different guitar would be better. Of course I know I shoulD visit the guitar store - but I wanted to gather some insights before I did.
Any thoughts?
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