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a re-measure in daylight and not red wine affected, suggests between 2 and 3 !
Regarding relief, I was setting up a Gibson J-185 this week, which plays at it's best with almost zero discernible relief ( it is there but need a backlight to see it ) while the 12th fret action is the usual 3/32" to 2/32"
It's more normal to judge action using the high (thin) E string, since that makes a bigger difference to the feel. For that, I would say about 1.5mm is the absolute lower limit, a bit higher is better, but over 2mm is probably the point where it gets too high and you don't get any benefit going higher. I normally go for about 1.7-1.8mm if all else is equal, although I don't usually measure it, other than as a reference. How the guitar plays and feels is more important.
(Apologies for spelling out which E is which, some people do number them the other way which could be confusing.)
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I'm not sure how much relief it has, I can't measure it but I find my Stanford needs a bit more relief than my other guitars.
I'm in the midst of adjusting a new saddle, trying to adjust it to match the radius of my fretboard.
As far as that J185 goes it's so straight it feels like it shouldn't work. After sighting it and checking with a straight edge, I did go out of my way to try to make it buzz. By some miracle, I couldn't get it to do so. Other guitars I play would be hopeless with that set up, especially when drop tuning etc which has a further small but critical effect on neck tension.
those steel or plastic credit-card sized things are the easiest
Given that I like my electrics with a higher action than normal, it's ironic that I like my acoustics with an action lower than usual: if possible, Bass 2.25mm; Treble 1.75mm, otherwise a bit higher