Guitar action.

[shakewellbeforeuse]

Howdy. I'm new here, just as i am to playing the guitar. Anyways, i've got this acoustic guitar and i was wondering if the above setup is considered 'high action' for a absolute beginner like me. I find it painfully hard to press the right notes.

And if its so, how would i go about rectifying it?

Thanks alot.

 

[daryl]

thats very veryvery high. in fact, if you find it PAINFULLY hard to press the right notes, something must be wrong yeah

 

[DT]

my acoustic's action is around that height too :lol:

it was painful at first... but i eventually got used to it

or once your finger skin starts to harden, you'll hardly feel anything

it actually trained my finger strength since i started learning guitar on it too

i'm still using the same acoustic and with the same action height today :lol: though the guitar's pretty beaten up alr

 

[shredrat]

hey peeps,my acoustic is like that too,can i send it for adjustments? anyone knows where i can bring it to and how much would i cost. thanks!

 

[Xypher]

How u strengthen ur finger? And is the Planet waves Wristmaster (i think) good? its like a hand grip with four springs for the 4 fingers.

 

[loldude333]

Go to G77 Beez or Luther, both'll gladly do it and with good service too. Or go to www.standardvalue.com.sg, the boss does set-up too, but its in woodlands. But if ur looking 4 a DS-1, do go check out his DS-1 mod, wonderful tube amp tone.

 

[matt-muser]

Go to G77 Beez or Luther, both'll gladly do it and with good service too. Or go to www.standardvalue.com.sg, the boss does set-up too, but its in woodlands. But if ur looking 4 a DS-1, do go check out his DS-1 mod, wonderful tube amp tone.

u mean mike yeaH? i got an acoustic guitar which is like that too... got in from symphony music school. so anyone know how much it cost to go for a setup at standard value??

 

[df]

Woah...that is really high...like 1.5cm off the 12th fret?

 

[Crawldaddy]

Hmm.

Might I ask what brand of guitar this is? I've come across so many cheapo guitars that have such high action (around 6-7mm at 12th fret?) and that's not really much to wonder at.. considering you would not expect much QC or setting-up at the factory of lower-end brands.

But that said, I've come across many 'good' branded guitars off the shelf with bad set-up :?

You can try to lower the bridge saddle area. If the saddle has shims (like little strips of plastic or wood) underneath, then you can just remove a few and see if the action is more suitable.

High action would strengthen your fingers, :lol: but ultimately you'd be haing a higher chance of being out of tune at the higher frets due to poor intonation.

And in case you're feeling itchy fingers, leave any truss-rod action fiddling to a pro :wink:

 

[shakewellbeforeuse]

lol. Its a Ibanez acoustic V series.

 

[kentheman2000]

The stock action of my Yamaha APX-4a seems to be nicely start like. Also, the neck is slimmer than most acoustics i've tried.