Re: Having trouble with some barre chords...

In addition to the saddle, the nut may also be too high. To test this, put a
capo on the first fret and see if it plays much easier on the lower frets.

Tony D

"Brian Huether" <bhuetherNO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:38ydnYP6spmNo1zeRVn-gQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I bought this beautiful sounding guitar. It is a Stanford F5 Vintage (czech
>maker, also kown as furch). But I have small hands and the action on this
>guitar makes it tough to barre some chords. Namely, barres that result in
>the G string being barred are tough (like the standard minor barre shape
>with root on low e). It is as if that part of my finger just doesn't want
>to meld with the neck. So I do these exercises where I apply tons of force
>to get that part of my finger to barre properly, hoping that after a while
>my fingers will become conditioned. But I am starting to wonder if I am
>causing more harm than good. I read somewhere that no guitar should force
>the player to be exerting too much pressure. Should I just give up on this
>guitar? It sounds so nice though!
>
> thanks,
>
> brian
> www.guitar-dreams.com
>
>
>
>


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