Noise on my D-35

[sfmartins]

Hello,

Recently I've noticed a small buzz on my D-35 when I play the bass strings E and A. The buzz is not the string touching the arm. It vibrates under the bridge. In fact, if I press the bridge down the buzz stops.

Any idea?

Thank you all

[sunglassesatnight]

Your bridge is loose. Any guitar repair store will be able to fix it.

[T714]

"Your bridge is loose"...quite an overstatement...

1. Check your saddle...make sure it's fit properly and is snug when the strings are off of it. If you can tip your guitar over and it falls out, it's too loose...if you need pliers to pull it out, it's too tight.

2. Check your bridge pins...make sure you dont have a cracked or warped pins. This could easily cause a buzz.

3. Check for a lifting bridge. If you can *significantly* slide a piece paper under any portion of the bridge, it needs to be reglued.

4. You have a cracked bridge plate. This is the plate under which your bridge is stabilized. If it is cracked, you need to have it replaced and/or reinforced.

5. Finally, go to http://www.frets.com and search the big index page for the "Big Buzz List"...lots of factors other than the 1-4 above. If all else fails, take it to a local luthier.

[sfmartins]

The guitar is almost new, and it would be very nasty to know that something is "unglued" or "cracked"!

I live in Portugal, but my guitar came from the US. A D-35 here is really expensive and I've never seen anything better than the 16 series in a store. Thus I'm affraid to get it to a So it would be very nice to fix it myself.
I'll check what you told me and try to find the problem.

Thank you very very much.

I'll come back to you when I fix it (I hope)!

[sfmartins]

It's fixed!

After checking that everything was well glued and uncracked, I just took all the strings out and put them again, checking the noise one by one. After 6 strings the buzz was gone... Thus, the issue was with a loose string ball.

It's great to have my horse back at full power!

Thanks a lot for the help!