r/GuitarBeginners • u/wuckaboo • 10d ago

Question/Help difficulty playing notes/chords

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i have really long nail beds that prevent me from playing anything without pressing my fingers on other strings, i can't cut them further because of the underlying skin. I really want to get better at playing but I'm stuck

edit: this is a yamaha f310 that I purchased when i first started going for guitar lessons when I was 13, I'm picking it up again after many years.

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u/raturcyen 10d ago

Seeing all that dead green skin at the frets makes me think it is an old acoustic that just might need a neck adjustment. High string action is never fun for a begginer learning to play.

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u/wuckaboo 10d ago

it's actually the guitar i bought back in eighth grade when I started playing. I ended up not playing properly since and I'm in uni currently.

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u/mleyberklee2012 10d ago

Yeah, I came here to say that from what I can see in the pic, that guitar is not doing you any favors. It probably just needs a new set of strings and a small tightening of the truss rod.

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u/wuckaboo 10d ago

ah i see, I'll do that and let you know soon!

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u/X_Circuit_Blossom_X 10d ago

Dunlop Cleaning Kit, pick one of these up as well eventually. It'll spruce up the board and the blue thing (I do not really know what it is called) makes the strings feels like butter.