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awakeasleep on July 28, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: The worst tool for the job

You can extend this to guitars, too.

On the cheapest models, the "action" (distance between strings and fretboard) is so long that only the most precise master of the craft can hope to play anything.

schwartzworld on July 28, 2020 [–]

True, although action is not a hard fix as it requires a file. It's a same more cheap guitars don't use zero frets, as they eliminate this problem.

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