Originally Posted by: mayyuvalHi there,
i have the same problem -
it has been hard for me as well to play the guitar, and it took me a while to understand that the reason is the strings are far from the neck.
what should i do? cant i adjust it myself?
at first i thought about replace it with another guitar..
thanks

Truss rods are generally adjustable, and can have some effect on lowering action on part of the neck, however, it is only the 3rd of 3 things you need to check. It's generally easy to give that a tweak if you take a minute to understand what you are doing and think in fractions. (ie: don't crank turns onto that or you'll break it!)

The two other potential problems in guitars with high action are the bridge and nut. On an acoustic, neither is adjustable in a way you can reset it back to original if you make a mistake. (They need to be physically reshaped; either deepening the slots, or shaving the whole unit on the bottom.) Would recommend taking to a luthier (guitar tech) and have them check it out and make any adjustments, since anything you do to these is irrevokable, and it's easy to split, chip or crack them. (Trust me!)

However! If it's not an expensive guitar, and you are already considering a new one, and you are willing to do some reading and take some risk, you will save a boatload of $$ learning to do this yourself. It's way more satisfying if you are any kind of DIY person and you can spread the joy helping your friends for free. ;)