![]() ![]() You said that all of a sudden, the action feels really high, and it’s difficult to play. But I digress back to the problem at hand. When it comes to action, lower is not necessarily better. When your action is too low, it may be easier to press the strings down, but lots of tonal nuance, frequency range, and volume can be lost. I’d like to take a moment to say that I’m not a tech who thinks that super-low action is a desirable state for most guitars. Before you turn yourself in to Guitar Protective Services, let’s think about what may have happened and why. You get busy, and end up not playing your beloved guitar for a while, only to find that when you pick it back up, things don’t feel as good. What happened? Is it my fault for neglecting the guitar? How should I fix it? - Frank, Brooklyn, New YorkĬheck out more articles from our Ask The Expert series hereĪ: You sound like a lot of guitar owners that I talk to in our shop. It wasn’t like this the last time I played it. It’s really hard to play, and my left hand is getting a workout just trying. After not playing it for a couple of months this spring, I pulled it out of the case and the action felt like it was a mile high. I don’t get as many chances to pick it up as I might like. ![]() Q: I have a relatively new Martin dreadnought guitar, and I generally love how it feels and sounds. From the November 2018 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY MAMIE MINCH ![]()
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