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  • Craig,

    The general rule of thumb is about the thickness of a dime at the first fret and about a quarter's thickness at the 12th fret.

    •  Wow... closer to Stratocaster factory spec. 4/64in (1.58 mm) than I would have thought

      A dime is 1mm and a quarter is 1.75mm evidently !

  • Hi Craig,

    Here is the rule on "optimum" string height.

    1. Strings don't buzz

              AND

    2. Your hands/fingers are comfortable while playing

    That's it!!!!

    It's the same "rule" we apply to any other type of guitar.  As long as there's no buzzing and we can play comfortably--the string height is optimum.

    Some players like their strings a little higher than others.  We "shredders" like our strings ultra-low for super fast playing.

    Hope that helps.

    • Thank you for that.

      I guess that if one is intending to try a bit of slide as well as a bit of fretting...one would set the height a bit  higher than I have on my Strats.  eg twice as high.

      • You're very welcome!
        Remember, give as much detail as posdible when asking--if playing mostly slide...I would have recommended a higher setting. But, you can still rip some slide on lower action, too. It's just "player's preference."
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