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Originally Posted by I.M. Noone It slapped really bad before and STILL does it, even after adjusting the neck and height for the slightly smaller gauge new strings. |
If you adjusted your saddles for a smaller gauge string, you messed up what was otherwise a good setup. You don't change the saddle height simply because of a smaller diameter string. If you think about it, a large guage string and a small gauge string will rest on the saddles exactly the same. No matter how big or small the string is, the saddle will only come in contact with the
bottom of the strings and if the saddle isn't moved, both strings stay at the same height. There is a difference in the string's HEIGHT above the saddle but no difference below.
Now, this is not to say that a relief adjustment and some saddle moving might be needed with lighter gauge strings. It just might, but it's not the gauge per se that causes the need, it's the strings tension and that can be the same in two strings of different gauge and different construction.
