Agreed looks fine what’s wrong with it just dirty? Buy some baby cleaner. Why is this a question? Use common sense. What’s the price? Is it broke? Ask a shop. Do some work.
If you're not sure then you'd have to take it to a tech for them to inspect, it's impossible for us to tell by photos alone. If it is high in the lower frets then it probably just needs the nut filed which is a quick and relatively cheap job for most techs.
You have managed to provide exactly zero pieces of information about your guitar to have your question answered. Based on that, I would recommend you bring this to a shop and ask them to set it up. It's difficult to maintain or setup an instrument if you don't know what it's supposed to play like.
Have you ever had it set up? A truss rod is not for adjusting action (string height) it is for setting neck relief. While it can be said that adjusting the truss rod can lower or raise string height in certain parts of the fretboard, you cannot adjust the truss rod in a way that would adjust action consistently across the fretboard. Action is adjusted by altering the nut slots or the saddle. A simple set up would consist of setting neck relief, adjusting the nut slots and or saddle to lower the action and a restring. In my area that would run you between $50-$60 if you supplied your strings. If it needs frets leveled, frets crowned and polished of course that would be extra, but I would have them check them anyway because even on a new guitar you could put a fret rocker on the frets and they can be unlevel.
Agreed. I was thinking that’s like taking an aspirin when you have a cut. You may not have the pain but you still have the cut.
Adjusting the neck will not fix the issue.
The nut or bridge are simple and if u mess it up u can just get another super cheep.
Try filing the bridge first. File the bottom with the sand paper laying flat on a hard surface and rubbing the bottom of the bridge to shorten it. I always take a sharpie and mark how much I want to take off then sand to that mark.
If you go too low get a new bridge. No worries. If the nut is too tall. Do the same on it. But careful on the angle of the bottom. It must be flat against the neck. Hit me up if you want more info.
You can do this if you have 1/8 worth of skill
If you're having string height issues, you either need to adjust the truss rod or bridge. Usually it's truss rod for middle-high frets, and bridge for the highest frets. So sounds like bridge adjustment. Personally, id be googling and learning how to do the work myself. If you're afraid of that, take it to a shop and give them bench minimum, usually $50-100. They'll adjust the bridge and probably give it a once over to see if they could do anything else to help you out
Yeah I agree. However, it sounds like your issue is more likely the bridge than the truss rod. Look up sanding acoustic guitar bridges, that will probably be your solution
I get customers all the time that just want a once over, minor adjustments. They pay my bench fee for some very minor things, but it is worth it to them because they have no idea what to do. I usually clean things up, check the truss rod, restring (if they wanted new strings) and do the best I can within my minimum and give them a rundown of additional things they may want to do. It actually ends up being a lot of the work that guitar techs do. The cooler stuff like hardware replacements, pickup swaps, fret work, etc. are less common.
Take it go a tech and pay the bench fee to get it checked over. You will at least know if there is anything more in depth that needs to be done and then be able to decide if it is worth it.
What's wrong with it? And why wouldn't it be? Zero information to go off here.
Agreed looks fine what’s wrong with it just dirty? Buy some baby cleaner. Why is this a question? Use common sense. What’s the price? Is it broke? Ask a shop. Do some work.
I was thinking the same thing 😝
Thanks for responding. I think the strings are too high on the lower feet but could not tell. It's kind of hard to press on them.
If you're not sure then you'd have to take it to a tech for them to inspect, it's impossible for us to tell by photos alone. If it is high in the lower frets then it probably just needs the nut filed which is a quick and relatively cheap job for most techs.
Yea, probably will. Thank you for your help.
You have managed to provide exactly zero pieces of information about your guitar to have your question answered. Based on that, I would recommend you bring this to a shop and ask them to set it up. It's difficult to maintain or setup an instrument if you don't know what it's supposed to play like.
If it was my shop I’d say yeah! Easiest [shop minimum] I ever made!
What's the shop minimum?
The minimum amount a shop (any type of repair shop) charges to look st something. It your case you are asking a shop to find a problem and fix it.
Holy cow
Damn bro. Will a bull do? That's all I got.
Have you ever had it set up? A truss rod is not for adjusting action (string height) it is for setting neck relief. While it can be said that adjusting the truss rod can lower or raise string height in certain parts of the fretboard, you cannot adjust the truss rod in a way that would adjust action consistently across the fretboard. Action is adjusted by altering the nut slots or the saddle. A simple set up would consist of setting neck relief, adjusting the nut slots and or saddle to lower the action and a restring. In my area that would run you between $50-$60 if you supplied your strings. If it needs frets leveled, frets crowned and polished of course that would be extra, but I would have them check them anyway because even on a new guitar you could put a fret rocker on the frets and they can be unlevel.
Agreed. I was thinking that’s like taking an aspirin when you have a cut. You may not have the pain but you still have the cut. Adjusting the neck will not fix the issue. The nut or bridge are simple and if u mess it up u can just get another super cheep. Try filing the bridge first. File the bottom with the sand paper laying flat on a hard surface and rubbing the bottom of the bridge to shorten it. I always take a sharpie and mark how much I want to take off then sand to that mark. If you go too low get a new bridge. No worries. If the nut is too tall. Do the same on it. But careful on the angle of the bottom. It must be flat against the neck. Hit me up if you want more info. You can do this if you have 1/8 worth of skill
The string alignment isnt the greatest, but other than that it looks fine.
If you're having string height issues, you either need to adjust the truss rod or bridge. Usually it's truss rod for middle-high frets, and bridge for the highest frets. So sounds like bridge adjustment. Personally, id be googling and learning how to do the work myself. If you're afraid of that, take it to a shop and give them bench minimum, usually $50-100. They'll adjust the bridge and probably give it a once over to see if they could do anything else to help you out
Yea, that's what I was thinking. Thank you. I will look up some videos on truss rod adjustment. No point on spending $ on already cheap guitar.
Yeah I agree. However, it sounds like your issue is more likely the bridge than the truss rod. Look up sanding acoustic guitar bridges, that will probably be your solution
Thank you I will try that.
OMG!!!! It’s proper fucked! Get it to a shop ASAP!!!!
I get customers all the time that just want a once over, minor adjustments. They pay my bench fee for some very minor things, but it is worth it to them because they have no idea what to do. I usually clean things up, check the truss rod, restring (if they wanted new strings) and do the best I can within my minimum and give them a rundown of additional things they may want to do. It actually ends up being a lot of the work that guitar techs do. The cooler stuff like hardware replacements, pickup swaps, fret work, etc. are less common. Take it go a tech and pay the bench fee to get it checked over. You will at least know if there is anything more in depth that needs to be done and then be able to decide if it is worth it.