[mr.death]

I just recently got interetsed in slide guitar and today I picked up a Epiphone steel resonator guitar which I like but the action on the high strings is too low and my slide hits the frets. I think baybe the bridge was placed upside down.
Is the action on these style of guitars adjustable or do I need to flip the bridge around so that the action will be higher on the high strings and lower on the lows? Hope I'm making sense.
Thanks

[mr.death]

I would post up a link to a pic but I dont have enough posts to do so.

[eddiez152]

Post a bunch of hello replies. Then go for the pictures. Or check out some of the members tunes and leave them some nice comments as well.

[SlickCat]

What type of resonator guitar is it? Biscuit or spider?
A spider has a screw at the bridge and tension is adjustable.

Also what gauge strings are you using?
A biscuit could be reversed if someone spun the cone around 180 degree's. That would make the bridge backwards.
If a biscuit is too low a new one needs to be fitted. Perhaps your nut slots are cut too low?
The nut can be shimmed.

[mr.death]

Its a biscuit type.

[mr.death]

Oh yeah medium gauge strings.

[SlickCat]

Wow looking at the picture....the bridge is in the proper orientation, but that biscuit is cut way low on your treble strings. I would say a new one should be fitted.

[SlickCat]

I measured my string height at the 12th fret.
The 6th string from top of fret to bottom of string measures 1/8th inch the same for my 1st string.
Thats on my Resonator.

[SlickCat]

Originally Posted by SlickCat

Wow looking at the picture....the bridge is in the proper orientation, but that biscuit is cut way low on your treble strings. I would say a new one should be fitted.

If I look at my bridge it actually looks the same as your picture so go by measuring your string height.