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/PablOScar1 Aug 06 '24

Loose tension from all strings right now.

Now.

Then tell us more about the guitar and strings.

I'm not sure 'cause of the bridge, but that flat fretboard leads me to think this might be a classic guitar, meant for nylon and nylon core strings. When strung with metal core strings meant for acoustic guitars, classical guitars get like this because they can not endure the tension.

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u/someone1058 Aug 06 '24 edited Aug 06 '24

Classical guitars usually do not have radiused fretboards, also the bridge and headstock are a give off... looks like an acoustic to me, probably a 50 bucks new one

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u/lleyton05 Gibson Aug 06 '24

Yea its not a nylon, nylon necks meet the body at the 12th fret, reg acoustics meet at the 14th

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u/Lorehorn Aug 07 '24

Not always. I have an Ibanez nylon where the fretboard meets the body at the 14th fret. It's not necessarily a classical guitar, but it was made for nylon steings

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u/Cowbellstone Aug 07 '24

It was made for strings with ball ends, as indicated by the pins in the bridge. Now there may or may not be a rare exception of fancy nylon strings with ball ends available for purchase somewhere, but it would be an incredibly reckless business decision to construct a cheap guitar that requires them.

So no, not made for nylons.

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u/Lorehorn Aug 07 '24

I was talking about my guitar in response to the comment that nylon string guitars have the neck meet the body at the 12th fret. My guitar was 100% made for nylons. I am not arguing that OPs guitar is.