adorshki
Reverential Member
I just got clarification, the action is actually 3/16" which the seller says is appropriate for acoustics. He accused me of overthinking it and that only electrics have action as low as 3/32".
True about being relevant to a non-shaved bridge but that's why I mentioned Guild bridgs were exceptionally low for a period in the ''70's, although it may have been later, I just can't recall.I have three early '70s guilds in the house atm. On two of them, the bridges are convex and max height is 0.325". On the other one, the bridge is actually slightly concave and maxes at 0.225". That shape allows a straight edge to almost sit on top of the bridge, but the D string is only 0.36" above the top. Frets.com mentions the qualification that a bridge has not been shaved down too far. I am getting all this from the linked page here: Frets.com on neck angle
But 3/16 action= 12/64,WAY too high for anything if correctly measured. Guild's only published spec in, '97, was 5-6/64 on bass E and 4-5/64 on treble E:
I agree your seller is woefully under-informed about flattop action or else being intentionally obtuse. Am 100% positive they've mis-identified manufacturing year as well. It's extremely common among indifferent flippers.