Ron Carter
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Started playing uke 6 months ago on a mail order Diamond head DU2OOT. NO inherited musical talent or any previous string experience. Bought and assembled a Stewmac Spruce top kit. Have hardly touched the Diamond Head since. The action on the Diamond Head is 1 mm at the nut and 2.5 mm at the 12th fret. Per the instructions with the kit the action is 1.5 mm at the nut and 3 mm at the 12th fret. The Stewmac feels like it requires more down force on the fret hand to get a nice clean chord. Is it reasonable to think lowering the action 0.5 mm will produce noticeable less effort to play? I had to work both the nut and saddle to get the current setup so I'm not concerned about being able to accomplish the change.
Edit to add: The Diamond Head is strung GCEA with wound strings on the G and C and black nylon on the E and A. The Stewmac is strung D'Addario fluorocarbon EJ99T Low G.
Edit to add: The Diamond Head is strung GCEA with wound strings on the G and C and black nylon on the E and A. The Stewmac is strung D'Addario fluorocarbon EJ99T Low G.
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