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About Guitar Tech,
Stephen White
Stephen White has been a guitar
and electric bass repairman since
1980. He opened his repair shop,
Guitar Tech, in 1982 and has been
in residence with Guitartricks.com
since 2008. Customers have
included members of Green Day,
Journey, and Rancid, and artists
like Eric Smith (Rihanna, Justin
Timberlake) and Albert King.

I have a Seagull S6 acoustic guitar from around
2001. I used to play it a LOT, but even after
developing hand strength; barre chords were
still very hard.
I recently started playing it again, now that I’m
a little more experienced, and the action seems
really high.
What’s the best approach to adjusting this?
I’m afraid to sand down the saddle since it’s
irreversible and you have to restring the guitar
each time to try it out.
For reference, the neck doesn’t appear to be
overly compensated with relief, and I’m using
the string gauge the guitar came with (either
12s or 13s).

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