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<blockquote data-quote="Aries" data-source="post: 4208431" data-attributes="member: 44328">You need to take it to a music store to have it adjusted, it&#039;s not something you want to try unless you know what you&#039;re doing.&nbsp; But in the pictures, the strings look a little high the closer you get to the body of the guitar.&nbsp; The neck will sometimes bow, which raises the end with the tuning keys higher than the body, which makes the strings higher above the fretboard on the body end.&nbsp; It can also bend the opposite way, so that it&#039;s too low in the middle of the neck.&nbsp; Again, usually just an adjustment.There&#039;s a rod inside the neck that can be turned to increase or decrease the amount of bow in the neck.&nbsp; It&#039;s a pretty simple adjustment, and anyone who works on guitars can do it, but you need to know what you&#039;re doing.&nbsp; There are tons of YouTube videos that can explain and demonstrate it better than I can.&nbsp; Search maybe &quot;truss rod adjustment&quot;.It is also possible that it&#039;s solid wood...&nbsp; If it is, I&#039;m a little surprised, but it very well could be.&nbsp; Alvarez has traditionally made pretty decent guitars for the money, so if it is, it might be a very nice guitar.&nbsp; I also found a couple of examples on the internet in the $350 to $500 range, none of them said &quot;solid wood&quot; which usually means it&#039;s laminated... but it&#039;s very possible that it&#039;s solid.I&#039;m not sure which number is the serial number.&nbsp; I can see the model number on the sticker and another number beside it... but I can&#039;t read how it&#039;s labeled.&nbsp; Is there another number besides those two on the sticker?&nbsp; I&#039;d lean toward the number on the sticker, but a lot of manufacturers stamp them on the heel similar to that one.&nbsp; No idea why they would put two numbers in it... one possibility is that the neck has been replaced, but that doesn&#039;t seem very likely, and since it was your brother&#039;s guitar you&#039;d probably know if it has.I can&#039;t tell where you&#039;re located, but if you&#039;re in the Tulsa area I would recommend Running Dogs Music in Broken Arrow.&nbsp; Rick Williams can tell you a lot by looking at it, and he won&#039;t recommend work it doesn&#039;t need, or charge you unnecessarily, and if it does need work he&#039;s very reasonable.&nbsp; And he can do any repair work it might need.&nbsp; For example, broken braces on the back of the sound board will also make the strings high, he can inspect for that and can repair if necessary.&nbsp; He is an Alvarez dealer, but hasn&#039;t been for very long so he may not be familiar with the history of that model, but can tell you a lot by looking at it.But pretty much any store that does repair work can do most or all of that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aries, post: 4208431, member: 44328"] You need to take it to a music store to have it adjusted, it's not something you want to try unless you know what you're doing. But in the pictures, the strings look a little high the closer you get to the body of the guitar. The neck will sometimes bow, which raises the end with the tuning keys higher than the body, which makes the strings higher above the fretboard on the body end. It can also bend the opposite way, so that it's too low in the middle of the neck. Again, usually just an adjustment. There's a rod inside the neck that can be turned to increase or decrease the amount of bow in the neck. It's a pretty simple adjustment, and anyone who works on guitars can do it, but you need to know what you're doing. There are tons of YouTube videos that can explain and demonstrate it better than I can. Search maybe "truss rod adjustment". It is also possible that it's solid wood... If it is, I'm a little surprised, but it very well could be. Alvarez has traditionally made pretty decent guitars for the money, so if it is, it might be a very nice guitar. I also found a couple of examples on the internet in the $350 to $500 range, none of them said "solid wood" which usually means it's laminated... but it's very possible that it's solid. I'm not sure which number is the serial number. I can see the model number on the sticker and another number beside it... but I can't read how it's labeled. Is there another number besides those two on the sticker? I'd lean toward the number on the sticker, but a lot of manufacturers stamp them on the heel similar to that one. No idea why they would put two numbers in it... one possibility is that the neck has been replaced, but that doesn't seem very likely, and since it was your brother's guitar you'd probably know if it has. I can't tell where you're located, but if you're in the Tulsa area I would recommend Running Dogs Music in Broken Arrow. Rick Williams can tell you a lot by looking at it, and he won't recommend work it doesn't need, or charge you unnecessarily, and if it does need work he's very reasonable. And he can do any repair work it might need. For example, broken braces on the back of the sound board will also make the strings high, he can inspect for that and can repair if necessary. He is an Alvarez dealer, but hasn't been for very long so he may not be familiar with the history of that model, but can tell you a lot by looking at it. But pretty much any store that does repair work can do most or all of that. [/QUOTE]

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