Here’s a common problem.  A nice guitar but the action is a little high.  It can put you off, you’re not going o persevere if the guitar is hard to play.  However don’t worry, as long as the guitar is basically sound and the frets are level it can be sorted.

Looking up at the 12th fret the action was rather high.

A little out of focus but about 7/64″. Should be able to bring that down a little.

The frets are basically level, some of them are a little high but hopefully not enough to cause a big problem.

Looking at the neck set that’s way too high for a start.  That’ll bring the action down a little on it’s own.

I’m going to change the strings but I’ll tweek the truss-rod first.  The key can often damage the strings.  I’ll check it again after but it shouldn’t change.

While the strings are off I always give the fretboard a good clean….

and oil.

Under the bridge I found a couple of shims.  Taking one or both of those out should do the job.

The action at the 1st fret was just about right so no work needed there.

That’s much better.  Reducing it any more will probably induce a bit of fret-buzz at those slightly high frets.

A lick of polish and it’s ready to go…