How Do You Adjust Action On A Floyd Rose Tremolo?

Your guitar's action, or how high the strings sit over the frets, determines many factors in your playing. A high action can give a more powerful tone, but is often difficult to play; low action, on the other hand, is easy to play, but can lead to fret buzz and bring out the flaws in a loose technique. With a Floyd Rose equipped guitar, in particular, low action can be problematic by interfering with the tremolo's movement. Setting the action on your guitar is largely personal preference, but remember that there are some heights that work better than others. Step 1 Determine if you need to raise or lower your action. Raise it if you are having problems with fret buzz or dead notes, and lower it if you want easier playability. Test your action by pressing down the high E string at the first and twenty-second frets (use a capo for the first fret). Hold a ruler at the twelfth fret and measure how far the string sits above the fret. There should be about 2 mm between the two; any less ...  more