D-string buzz on "dave chords"

czech · Unread post by **czech** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:48 pm

OK, so when I play a lot of the "dave" chords, such as the main riff from Grey Street and the chorus from Billies, my D-string always either rings open or buzzes.
any advice>?

Brock · Unread post by **Brock** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:50 pm

Well if it rings open...are you muting it? :lol:

rekeen01 · Unread post by **rekeen01** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:53 pm

checkii wrote:OK, so when I play a lot of the "dave" chords, such as the main riff from Grey Street and the chorus from Billies, my D-string always either rings open or buzzes.
any advice>?

dude, same here only my top E string buzzes. I use light strings and if I want to strum hard I always get a buzz....damit it

mlb1399 · Unread post by **mlb1399** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:00 pm

Could be a lot of things. If you have low action and are strumming very hard then that could cause it to rattle. If you strings are really light then that could be the culprit. Try playing the string a few times and see were it is buzzing at.

You could need your truss rod tightened too. Lack of humidity could be the culprit as well.

I just bought a new Martin about a 2 months ago and was getting some serious buzzing on the E and A strings on songs that I was just hammering on the strings. So I went in and had them raise the action a little bit and haven't had any problems since.

czech · Unread post by **czech** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:12 pm

bbatsell wrote:Well if it rings open...are you muting it?

no shit.
I just have a real hard time getting that string to mute, but on my old shitty acoustic i never had that problem.

czech · Unread post by **czech** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:13 pm

mlb1399 wrote:Could be a lot of things. If you have low action and are strumming very hard then that could cause it to rattle. If you strings are really light then that could be the culprit. Try playing the string a few times and see were it is buzzing at.

You could need your truss rod tightened too. Lack of humidity could be the culprit as well.

I just bought a new Martin about a 2 months ago and was getting some serious buzzing on the E and A strings on songs that I was just hammering on the strings. So I went in and had them raise the action a little bit and haven't had any problems since.

I lie in san diuego and dont have a humidifier or a case, it is very arid here.

the action is pretty low for an acoustic, but not crazy low. i rather like it.

I'm gonna try getting mediums soon amnd see if that helps.

mrjones · Unread post by **mrjones** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:17 pm

i like the sound of an open D during the intro of billies

Grandpagotgame · Unread post by **Grandpagotgame** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:33 pm

Let it ring man it sounds fine, I think the tab on the main site is wrong, I'm pretty sure that Dave plays the open D just listen a little closer.

whip3512 · Unread post by **whip3512** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 2:47 am

I had the same problem with many "Dave chords" when I got to this site. I don't know what did it for me except practice. That's not a whole lot of help to you check, but just playing it more and more trained my fingers to lay the way they are supposed to on the strings.

HCHaikuWarrior · Unread post by **HCHaikuWarrior** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 8:10 am

rekeen01 wrote:
checkii wrote:OK, so when I play a lot of the "dave" chords, such as the main riff from Grey Street and the chorus from Billies, my D-string always either rings open or buzzes.
any advice>?
dude, same here only my top E string buzzes. I use light strings and if I want to strum hard I always get a buzz....damit it

soooo use mediums. or jsut use a medium e string.

little ants734 · Unread post by **little ants734** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:38 am

ya dave plays open for a majority of the song, but mutes it for small parts to be quiet a little, like in story tellers

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