[loakesy]

With the recent purchase of my guitar I have been told that a problem with cheap guitars are the often cheap strings.
So... I've purchased some Fender strings and I was going to change them. BUT. I've just read that changing the guage of the strings on an Ax can be detrimental to the kneck, causing it to bow and thus can render the ax completely un playable!!!!

Is this true?????

so many questions......

[allthumbs]

The guitar would have to be made of balsa wood for that to be a problem. Heavy strings can bow the neck slightly which is a good thing for slide,but those are very heavy, Kirk and I play with a 16 on the first string and a 13 set for the rest for slide on our electrics which is considered very heavy. Mediums on an acoustic would be a set of 13s so unless your going much higher than that,your guitar should be able to take it even on a cheap guitar If by chance the new strings did make it unplayable then take it to a teck to be looked at because your guitar would be seriously flawed for that to happen.

[loakesy]

Cheers Allthumbs,

I'll give it a go!