Yep. Never overlook the basics. Glad it worked for you, Pyral.

Just as a rule of thumb for brace height on recurves, I ingore the bowyers recommendation and follow G. Fred Asbell' s tuning technique. Lower the brace height until you' re getting bad flight and noise, then start twisting up the string a little at a time until arrow flight lines out and the noise goes away. I generally wind up with 1/2-3/4" of the bottom end of the string groove on the belly side of the limb tips showing under the string.

Doing this, brace usually comes in very close to the bowyer' s recommended range, but I don' t worry if I' m within a half inch either side of it. It' s always better to have the bow tuned specifically to your arrow and your release than dwelling on an artificial number.