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HCHaikuWarrior
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by HCHaikuWarrior » Sun Jan 18, 2004 10:00 pm
yea my strings buzzing especially my E string and i don't know why and the action isn't to low cause when i press down i look up and down the fret board and non of the other frets are touching the string what is it???
i am using extra lights elixer strings poly web and i have a 310ce taylor...any ideas??

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by thejoe » Sun Jan 18, 2004 11:06 pm
COULD BE BATTERIES IF ITS AN ELECTRICOUSTIC
OR THOSE STOPID TUNERS COMING OFF
BUT ITS PROALLY THE STRING
IT MIGHT NOT LOOK LIKE IT, BUT IT COULD STILL BE BUZZING
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by taylordb » Mon Jan 19, 2004 6:22 am
Check this out and see if it may be the cause...the saddle may have shifted to one side, allowing the E string to buzz. Loosen up the strings and see if shifting the saddle slightly helps.
Saddles are not fixed solid to the guitar...they "float" in the bridge slot and can be removed if all the strings are off.
Anyway, I had the exact same problem last week with my low E string and a shifted saddle turned out to be the cause.
Hope this helps.
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by thejoe » Mon Jan 19, 2004 4:44 pm
but it should fit fairly snugly, shouldnt be moving around
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by taylordb » Mon Jan 19, 2004 5:12 pm
crash_in_to_me wrote:but it should fit fairly snugly, shouldnt be moving around
True it shouldn't. But mine shifted once when I changed my strings...and I only replace one string at a time. I just threw that out there for him because it happened to me.
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by thejoe » Mon Jan 19, 2004 8:19 pm
i see what you mean now, never mind what i said
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by HCHaikuWarrior » Tue Jan 20, 2004 12:39 pm
i just got the guitar for christmas..could taht be the problem...is the saddle the white plastic thing at the bottom which holds the strings? Cause i do remember taking this out and inspecting it and then put it back in...maybe i fucked things up?
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by taylordb » Tue Jan 20, 2004 1:10 pm
HCHaikuWarrior wrote:...is the saddle the white plastic thing at the bottom which holds the strings?....
Yes, it is the straight white plastic (usually...sometimes bone) thing at the bottom that the strings lay over.
See if the E string has slid off the end of the saddle slightly...if so then shift the sadel back.
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by rochsuperstar » Tue Jan 20, 2004 3:29 pm
You may need to look at the trusts rods or have them get looked at, sometimes the cold weather messes those up. I had the same problem but that fixed it.. Good luck..

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by HCHaikuWarrior » Tue Jan 20, 2004 3:29 pm
how far would it have had to slip off?
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by taylordb » Tue Jan 20, 2004 5:01 pm
The string could be just at the edge...not really slipped off yet...but it might not have full contact with the saddle.
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by HCHaikuWarrior » Tue Jan 20, 2004 7:32 pm
explain
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by rochsuperstar » Tue Jan 20, 2004 7:34 pm
I just bought a new guild and i started playing it and from frets 12-15 or so you would get a twangy buzz noise.. I restrung it and that didnt do anything so i brought it to get looked at. and i guess when it gets cold enough the trust rods or whatever there called bend inside the neck of the guitar so you got to get them tuned back into place..
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by rochsuperstar » Tue Jan 20, 2004 7:36 pm
P.S. whats the pm thing mean .. is that a way of talking online..
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