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09/01/2007 1:11 pm
This is an earnest question, but what can/will a professional do to a basic acoustic to make it better? I strung it using recommended strings and followed a online tutorial, then tuned it using an electronic tuner.
Right now I am trying to learn "House Of The Rising Sun" in the Beginners Song section, but i cant hold the strings down for long at all.
Thats actually a very good question but as other have said a pro can make changes that will bring the height of the strings closer to the fretboard and make it easier to play.
I have a guitar (Montana) that was cheaper than yours. It was incredibly tough to play so I took it back to my shop. They had purchased a plek machine with does kind of the same thing as a pro would do but its automated. That Montana became my favorite to play. I have since plek'd all my guitars.. and they all play really well. I still love my Montana more (That part I cant explain) but what others have said is true. It is probably just a case of you needing your guitar set up and I would suggest letting a pro do it the first time.
Jim
“The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn” - David Russell (Scottish classical Guitarist. b.1942)
11/01/2007 11:24 pm
Spend $40 at the shop for your own sake. It may get you over the hump as far as not quitting again.
"Nothing...can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts."
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12/01/2007 7:01 pm
Hey everyone, just a little update. I took my Sonata up to a local luthier(?) and asked if they could help me out with the action. He did filing and tweaking and other stuff to it, and voila, the action is soooooo much better. I still can't play the simplest of songs yet, but atleast I know its not my guitar holding me back now. :)
12/01/2007 7:02 pm
Hey everyone, just a little update. I took my Sonata up to a local luthier(?) and asked if they could help me out with the action. He did filing and tweaking and other stuff to it, and voila, the action is soooooo much better. I still can't play the simplest of songs yet, but atleast I know its not my guitar holding me back now. :)
Good for You, glad you were able to get it done.
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12/01/2007 11:48 pm
Yep! Figured that'd help. :D
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
13/01/2007 1:26 am
See .. we told ya didn't we! :D
"Work hard, rock hard, eat hard, sleep hard,
grow big, wear glasses if you need 'em."
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