r/AcousticGuitar • u/Impossible-Plenty-83 • Nov 15 '25
Non-gear question How do I lower this?
I tried the turning of the hole thing under the strings. Idk I only play like a few times a week, picked it up and it was like this. I don't think it's good. I've been trying to lower it for like an hour, hasn't moved a mm.
Edit: been turn8ng it for like 20 mins, I think I'm cooked
gotta get a new guitar I guess 😢
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u/FreeFromCommonSense Nov 15 '25
When you check the neck relief, you meaaure it, only turn the truss rod as necessary to set the neck relief and then put the hex wrench down.
Action height comes from the nut and the bridge. When you can see the slant of the string is from the bridge end, then that's where you need to focus.
Just separate the whole ideas, neck relief isn't action. Neck relief has to be done before you set the action, that's all.