zztush
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We can answer this question by ourselves with a ukulele and a capo. And if we don't have capo, we use our fingers instead.
The left figure shows zero fret. There used be many guitars which have zero frets but now I think only Mosrite and some others have it. We can experience zero fret by our capo (see the figure centre). Now the 2nd fret on the centre figure is the zero fret on the left figure. And now we can see that zero fret produces the lowest nut hight. Actually zero fret guitars offer low actions. Put on your capo on 2nd fret same as the figure centre if you have. If you don't have a capo just push the 2nd fret with your left index finger. Then you push 5th fret with your right index finger. Then you can simulate right figure. Now you can see the clearance of the 3rd fret on your ukulele. It may be very small. This clearance is same on the 1st fret (see the arrow in the figure right). Some books or web sites say it is business card easy slide and some say two sheets of copy paper and others say very very small clearance. What we see on the 3rd fret on our ukulele is this clearance.
We used to measure 1st fret clearance but now we only use the method on the right figure. We can check and understand this clearance by ourselves in this manner.
The left figure shows zero fret. There used be many guitars which have zero frets but now I think only Mosrite and some others have it. We can experience zero fret by our capo (see the figure centre). Now the 2nd fret on the centre figure is the zero fret on the left figure. And now we can see that zero fret produces the lowest nut hight. Actually zero fret guitars offer low actions. Put on your capo on 2nd fret same as the figure centre if you have. If you don't have a capo just push the 2nd fret with your left index finger. Then you push 5th fret with your right index finger. Then you can simulate right figure. Now you can see the clearance of the 3rd fret on your ukulele. It may be very small. This clearance is same on the 1st fret (see the arrow in the figure right). Some books or web sites say it is business card easy slide and some say two sheets of copy paper and others say very very small clearance. What we see on the 3rd fret on our ukulele is this clearance.
We used to measure 1st fret clearance but now we only use the method on the right figure. We can check and understand this clearance by ourselves in this manner.