[littleclapton]

How can I lower the strings on my guitar. It is the same one that is in my sig. Is this something that I can do myself, or should I take it to a shop, and have a pro do it?

Also, does fender make guitar cases that actually say Fender on them. I bought one from Musician's Friend, when I got it, it said TKL on it. I called Musician's Friend, and they told me that Fender does not make cases, and that TKL was a company owned by Fender. I was pissed! I bought a new Fender guitar and I wanted a new Fender hardshell case to keep it in, not a TKL. Anyway, they sent me a case for a clasical guitar, not a dreadnought. So I sent it back, a few weeks later they sent me the same case. They did not even take the time to remove the return label that I had sent it back with.

Has anyone else had this type of problem with them. Do you know of a case that will fit my Fender DG20 dreadnought guitar?

[dadfad]

When I bought my new Fender acoustic in the early 70s it came with a Fender (logo) semi-hard-shell case. I don't know any more.

Is the case they sent a poor fit? You can probably order a case from someone else if you need to (or want to). Elderly Instruments has a good selection of quality hard-shell cases ranging from about a hundred on up. They will want your guitar dimensions or a tracing of your guitar. (There's a link to Elderly on my card web-page.)

If I'm not mistaken, TKL is (or was) owned by a company called Canadian Cases and supplies semi-budget cases to several manufacturers. (Fender might have bought the company now. I don't know, but I doubt it.)

Lowering the strings is usually a combination of adjusting the truss-rod and lowering the saddle from the bottom (and occasionally the nut, although you shouldn't have to lower that if it was done right at the factory). Push down on all of your strings slightly near the saddle. If it looks like they can come down a little evenly with no interference you might be able to shave a little off the bottom of the saddle and lower them a bit. If you're uncomfortable about doing it yourself, have it done, but watch the repairman so you can see what he does for the next time (and if you are really into guitar, there will be a next time).

I'm gonna copy part of an old post I made below to give you an idea of what might be done.

Lowering The Saddle


Lowering the saddle is easiest done from the bottom usually. Remove it (just loosening the strings is usually enough) and take it out. With a straight-edge draw a pencil line across the bottom as sort of a reference to see how much you've taken off. Take a large file and lay it on a table or bench and run the saddle smoothly and evenly across it longways, making sure to keep the saddle both perpendicular and horizontal (unless you WISH to remove more off one side than the other). Check it by putting it back in place and tightening a couple of strings (usually say the 1 and 6 are enough to give you a good idea). Be careful not to remove too much, it's a lot easier to check a saddle a couple of times than it is to take off too much and now have buzzes and need to replace and recarve the whole saddle (a lot harder than lowering it). Anyway, I hope that helps.

[littleclapton]

When I bought my new Fender acoustic in the early 70s it came with a Fender (logo) semi-hard-shell case. I don't know any more.

Is the case they sent a poor fit? You can probably order a case from someone else if you need to (or want to). Elderly Instruments has a good selection of quality hard-shell cases ranging from about a hundred on up. They will want your guitar dimensions or a tracing of your guitar. (There's a link to Elderly on my card web-page.)

If I'm not mistaken, TKL is (or was) owned by a company called Canadian Cases and supplies semi-budget cases to several manufacturers. (Fender might have bought the company now. I don't know, but I doubt it.)

Lowering the strings is usually a combination of adjusting the truss-rod and lowering the saddle from the bottom (and occasionally the nut, although you shouldn't have to lower that if it was done right at the factory). Push down on all of your strings slightly near the saddle. If it looks like they can come down a little evenly with no interference you might be able to shave a little off the bottom of the saddle and lower them a bit. If you're uncomfortable about doing it yourself, have it done, but watch the repairman so you can see what he does for the next time (and if you are really into guitar, there will be a next time).

I'm gonna copy part of an old post I made below to give you an idea of what might be done.

Lowering The Saddle


Lowering the saddle is easiest done from the bottom usually. Remove it (just loosening the strings is usually enough) and take it out. With a straight-edge draw a pencil line across the bottom as sort of a reference to see how much you've taken off. Take a large file and lay it on a table or bench and run the saddle smoothly and evenly across it longways, making sure to keep the saddle both perpendicular and horizontal (unless you WISH to remove more off one side than the other). Check it by putting it back in place and tightening a couple of strings (usually say the 1 and 6 are enough to give you a good idea). Be careful not to remove too much, it's a lot easier to check a saddle a couple of times than it is to take off too much and now have buzzes and need to replace and recarve the whole saddle (a lot harder than lowering it). Anyway, I hope that helps.

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The case that they sent me was not for my guitar. The Western style Fender that I have fit it perfectly. I do not know if that is a style or not. That is what someone told me it was. The body of that one is smaller than my new dreadnought.