Start by checking the relief of the neck, check with a straight edge that the bridge hasn't risen due to the body bellying due to excess humidity. To reduce an action of 4mm down to 2mm means that the saddle would need to be lowered by 4mm likely resulting in poor tone due to the shallow break angle that would result from such a procedure. Best to have the neck shimmed by an authorised Taylor luthier.
@2-WayStreet you're welcome. Here in the north of England we have a damp climate and I have a couple of Taylor acoustics that had this problem. My local luthier shimmed them both and they play very well now. I now have a dehumidifier in the room where I keep them.
instead of cutting grove for each string, you could should have sand down the bottom of the bridge. This will evenly bring down all the strings. How ever if you have uneven string highs than cutting grove for each string is a better route.
Start by checking the relief of the neck, check with a straight edge that the bridge hasn't risen due to the body bellying due to excess humidity. To reduce an action of 4mm down to 2mm means that the saddle would need to be lowered by 4mm likely resulting in poor tone due to the shallow break angle that would result from such a procedure. Best to have the neck shimmed by an authorised Taylor luthier.
Thanks for the advice and feedback. I appreciate you.
@2-WayStreet you're welcome. Here in the north of England we have a damp climate and I have a couple of Taylor acoustics that had this problem. My local luthier shimmed them both and they play very well now. I now have a dehumidifier in the room where I keep them.
instead of cutting grove for each string, you could should have sand down the bottom of the bridge. This will evenly bring down all the strings. How ever if you have uneven string highs than cutting grove for each string is a better route.
how about the intonation now?
It plays so much better now! This method worked well for me.