u/DavidMillo

Hello! I’ve had a Taylor 114CE for the past 3 years and it’s been my main acoustic guitar since then. However, I’ve never really felt in love with it. I feel it’s very uncomfortable to play, and in higher frets it is very, very hard to play. I also find it very quiet but that’s unrelated to action.

My action right now is 3.1mm in the low E and 2.9mm on the high e. Could that be the issue? Yesterday I did a set up on my old fender CD60, which feels much cheaper, and I had way more fun playing with it. My issue is I don’t know how to lower the action on the Taylor. There’s no official support near me, and Taylor won’t ship shims directly to me.

Do you think action could be so important? I can get the shims shipped to my country but I’d need to pay 200$ in shipping, plus tools and the shims itself. I don’t know if it’s worth it for a guitar I don’t love, but at the same time I think action could be the reason.

I’ve also considered getting a new acoustic guitar, but I will only be in a big city in 2 months so I can’t go to a guitar store rn.

Hello! I’m honestly very happy with my squier jazz bass. The only thing I don’t like are the tuning machine. They feel kinda “gritty”. I don’t know how to explain it but they feel cheap.

Any recommendations? It needs to be on Amazon as it’s the only company that ships to my country. I tried looking up but there’s tons of models and I’m not sure if all of them fit my bass.

If you have any other upgrade recommendations, feel free to give them to me. I always have fun upgrading my instruments. I don’t have a budget but let’s say that if under 100$ is possible for the tuning machines, it would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance!