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string height?

November 24, 2005 at 3:43 PM

I was just playing my acoustic violin, put it down, and picked up my electric. I noticed the string height was a lot different. I was wondering if one, the other or both violins are out of whack as it were.

My electric height at E is 2.79 mm, at G it's 3.04 mm.

My acoustic height at E is 3.63 mm, at G it's 4.82 mm.

Anybody have input on these things?

The electric has no body being a Jordan violin, to interfere with the bow (www.jordanmusic.com), so I guess it can basically have as low strings as it wants. But what about the acoustic?