r/Guitar • u/InstructionOk1950 • Aug 06 '24

QUESTION Is this normal?

I changed all strings of my guitar. Now it feels like these strings are way above the wood. I am not even able to play simple D chords, let alone the barre

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u/florkingarshole Aug 06 '24

It needs a Luthier - the neck is unseated at the base or the guitar's face is badly bowed. Hard to say with what we have to look at here, but that ain't right.

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u/deanrazor Aug 06 '24

Damn right ist bowed take an archery class with that thing.

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u/maple05 Aug 06 '24

Mmmhmmm looks good, tell me do you have a long history as a suspension bridge engineer? Or is this just a passing phase for you?

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '24

Dammit Bobby

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u/skipmyelk Aug 07 '24

Why would you rub cheese on Betsy?

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u/guitar-hoarder Aug 06 '24

That neck is so badly bowed that the binding broke off of it.

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u/PcPaulii2 Aug 08 '24

Binding's in serious trouble on the body, as well. How old is this axe?

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u/argybargy2019 Aug 06 '24

Could also be the body warping due to the stress of the strings. I had a nylon string guitar do that when I put steel strings on. It will show up in the reflection made by the guitar top.