Sorry I do not remember the title of your thread
or I would have posted in it.
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Basically you might want to check the action of your guitar
(distance between the strings and the fretboard). If the
distance is too big, it will necessitate that you apply a lot
of pressure in order for you make the string reach the
fret. This in turn can hurt the fingers. On this cheap guitar
I have an action of 6 millimeters which it too much. The
action should be no more than 3 millimeters. Typically,
I try to keep mine at about 2 mm. This is difficult on cheap
guitars where the neck is more likely to bow. On this one
I have a serious forward bow, right at the point where the
neck connects to the body. For this reason, it is hard to fix
this by adjusting the truss rod. If I can find a bar that that
has a low coefficient of expansion, I will clamp this sucker
to it and bake it in the oven at 160 degrees for about an
hour to fix the problem. I do not play the sucker at all
because it feels as if it is trying to slice my fingers
or I would have posted in it.
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Basically you might want to check the action of your guitar
(distance between the strings and the fretboard). If the
distance is too big, it will necessitate that you apply a lot
of pressure in order for you make the string reach the
fret. This in turn can hurt the fingers. On this cheap guitar
I have an action of 6 millimeters which it too much. The
action should be no more than 3 millimeters. Typically,
I try to keep mine at about 2 mm. This is difficult on cheap
guitars where the neck is more likely to bow. On this one
I have a serious forward bow, right at the point where the
neck connects to the body. For this reason, it is hard to fix
this by adjusting the truss rod. If I can find a bar that that
has a low coefficient of expansion, I will clamp this sucker
to it and bake it in the oven at 160 degrees for about an
hour to fix the problem. I do not play the sucker at all
because it feels as if it is trying to slice my fingers
