Re: was now tele fretless OT

["Andy Owens" <andy@1800dialword.com>]

That may have more to do with string tension than actual action heighth 
but interesting and the anecdotal evidence I guess important. Seems 
illogical but no actual experience on it, will ask Wayne Henderson, going 
over there next week. 

Andy o



On Mar 4, 2011, at 9:05 AM, "Per Boysen" <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 2:39 PM, andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk> 
>wrote:
>> So why does the action need to be ultra low?
> 
> Because if not, notes won't ring very long. Only with ultra low action
> a fretless guitar becomes "a singing instrument", with less ultra low
> (!) action it becomes "a clunking instrument". Given you prefer the
> longer note decay, that is.
> 
> Per
>