

Again, just to reiterate, action is the distance between the bottom of the string and the tippy top of the fret.Ģ. However, with a properly set-up guitar and a properly slotted nut, the height off the fret should be the same regardless of fret size as long as the tech is competent.

If you want the tallest fret you can find, then your action will only appear higher than if you picked something shorter because of its greater distance off the fingerboard. Read that again, digest it, accept it, and move on. Action is the distance between the crown (tippy top) of the fret and the bottom of the string, NOT FROM THE FINGERBOARD TO THE BOTTOM OF THE STRING. Before we get any further, let’s get on the same page about 2 very important things to make this conversation easier since frets and action are tied together in most conversations from our experience.ġ.
