My recent Mexican flat top A, no great wonder of an instrument, but good tweaking material, has a tiny bridge, like a bowl back, a fretboard attached to the body, and a very small break angle as a result.
There is essentially no way to lower the action by lowering the bridge; the downforce is already minimal. I had a go at warping the entire body - wet, clamps, internal jack, but no effect.
Given that a neck reset is very difficult, is it more reasonable to detach the fretboard and put a wedge under, as sometimes done on violins?
The general question is that of very small break angle regardless and low downforce at the bridge - permissible or just historically bad design?
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