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Okay all you engineer types out there...I'm appealing to your wisdom...I want just a touch more neck relief in an OM I built a while back...the one where the truss rod nut was broken off ...that ordeal's over, and I pulled all the frets, leveled the f/b and refretted...all nice and smooth, but the new truss rod configuration is somewhat limited in that it's a one-way rod now...I'd like to see just a touch more relief, so I can keep the action where it is....all that to ask, could I get away with med or lt top/heavy bottom strings on an OM? The bracing's all "standard"...TIA.

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Only you would know how you braced it but there should be no reason you couldn't use mediums on an OM.

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Hesh, those are the VERY strings I bought to put on there depending on the advice I got here...

John, yep it's run-of-the-mill bracing for an OM right to the Martin plan...LMI white tho.. (I was never nervous about that til I read all the stuff on the forum!)...what the hay, I'll do it and keep a close eye on it for a week...

Thanks guys!

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I've use that glue on the last 15 or so builds without so much as a hint of trouble.

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I think you should be fine.

GHS makes a True medium gauge which is a bit heavier than lights. Or the D'add bluegrass set that was already mentioned. I would try those first and see if that helps.

Josh

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Larry,

I wonder if, after some period of time under the extra pull of the mediums, the neck would take enough of a set that you could go back to your usual strings. Possibility?

Pat

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