'Is My Guitar Action Too High?' - Q&A Friday

Guitar action... what is it? Is it important? How high should it be? Find out in this week's Q&A session.

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[FaizFezzFingerstyle]

Who notice his face at thumbnail and in the video totally different 😂

[stuntman]

As a beginner this video answered so many questions. I have a cheap guitar they don't even make anymore and its not the worst guitar, i feel like my technique is why it doesn't sound as good as id like it too but besides that i can tell i definitely have high action. The high E string always sounded bad to me and upon closer inspection, its much closer to the board compared to the rest of the strings and the action further down the board is almost 1cm. I will check with a professional, thank you!

[sotirzvanidjubre]

I keep it around 2 inches. Just as you. Works great.

[conanthedestroyer]

I find most adjustments that most guitar players can do is on electric guitars such as the, truss rod, bridge, intonation... With the acoustic, you should buy one that is already setup and then you only may need to adjust the truss rod. Otherwise if you consider buying an acoustic that has high action, don't do it, make sure it is right and the action is where you want it before buying.

[garychen]

Thanks for telling the action height, 2mm, which is what I believe comfortable action height.

[igniz]

I just bought a new guitar. Had a guitar before which felt really soft. And with this one in had no idea of what's causing the hardness and I didn't know how to tell that guy from whom i bought what my problem was. Now I've got some knowledge because of you. Thanks mate you helped a lot.

[asad]

I just bought a 2nd hand Washburn acoustic, I knew buying it that it wasn't set up properly, and figured i could just adjust the truss rod, well that didn't work and the strings are still too high at the bridge. I called a luthier in my area he said it will be $60 to fix, is that fair? Also this being brand new, couldn't i contact Washburn and see if they'll fix it for free?

[phibelobo]

My guitar doesn't make a sound when i tried to do bar chords. Why ? Is it because the action us too high

[KiwisCovers]

Any idea on how you would turn a truss rod starting to strip? Apparently my Allen key wasn't the right size and was slowly stripping it away (need to buy a new set) my action is way higher than I like with my new strings lol

[dannysound]

Mark, I have many acoustic guitars I bought where I can nicely play solo and bend notes while playing, the last guitar I bought Gretsch, the strings are very tight with regular tuning that it’s very hard when I play solo to bend the strings to get notes, I’m using sets of strings Martin with high E of 13 set, is there a way to loosen the strings that it will not feel too tight on the guitar and will be easy to bend the strings while playing? Thanks

[guytero]

Nicely and honestly done. Excellent video. 👌🏻👍🏻🤗