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sudden string buzzing

Unread post by ballmeblazer » Sun Apr 10, 2005 5:41 pm

last week i put a set of d'addario medium's on my guitar and lately i've had a huge amount of string buzzing. i used to have lights on, so the gauge isn't that different. i haven't done anything to change the action or anything else to the fretboard. thoughts? is it just that my fingers need to get used to the thicker strings(barre chords are specifically noisy) or could be something more serious?

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Unread post by jsgksu » Sun Apr 10, 2005 5:47 pm

buy elixirs, it wont help your problem but at least you wont be playing with d'addarios :D

Anyway, as for the problem, try tightening the screw on the tuning head of whatever string is buzzing. I dont know what else to try, do a search I know this has come up before and there were a few suggestions
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Unread post by Brock » Sun Apr 10, 2005 6:05 pm

jsgksu wrote:buy elixirs, it wont help your problem but at least you wont be playing with d'addarios :D
But they will make your problem sound homosexual and squeaky.
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Unread post by jsgksu » Sun Apr 10, 2005 6:08 pm

bbatsell wrote:
jsgksu wrote:buy elixirs, it wont help your problem but at least you wont be playing with d'addarios :D
But they will make your problem sound homosexual and squeaky.
Try not singing next time you play with elixirs, I think that may be the cause of the homosexual squeaking.

j/k, but I dont find nanos to be squeaky or annoying. I hate d'addarios, but everybodys different.
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Unread post by Brock » Sun Apr 10, 2005 6:12 pm

jsgksu wrote:
bbatsell wrote:
jsgksu wrote:buy elixirs, it wont help your problem but at least you wont be playing with d'addarios :D
But they will make your problem sound homosexual and squeaky.
Try not singing next time you play with elixirs, I think that may be the cause of the homosexual squeaking.

j/k, but I dont find nanos to be squeaky or annoying. I hate d'addarios, but everybodys different.
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Unread post by You_Enjoy_Myself » Sun Apr 10, 2005 6:33 pm

bbatsell wrote:
jsgksu wrote:
bbatsell wrote:
jsgksu wrote:buy elixirs, it wont help your problem but at least you wont be playing with d'addarios :D
But they will make your problem sound homosexual and squeaky.
Try not singing next time you play with elixirs, I think that may be the cause of the homosexual squeaking.

j/k, but I dont find nanos to be squeaky or annoying. I hate d'addarios, but everybodys different.
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Unread post by mangold » Mon Apr 11, 2005 2:16 pm

god just do a search. i feel like i answer this question every week.
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Unread post by MahlerGrooves » Mon Apr 11, 2005 8:53 pm

On a side note, does anyone notice any tonal differences between elixirs and d'addarios? I know abnout the coating and the squeaking, but are they tonally similar?
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Unread post by mangold » Tue Apr 12, 2005 1:49 pm

MahlerGrooves wrote:On a side note, does anyone notice any tonal differences between elixirs and d'addarios? I know abnout the coating and the squeaking, but are they tonally similar?
i think daddarios have more tone, but thats probably because all the d's i play are meds and my buddy plays elixir lights. its most likely the gauge and not the company
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Unread post by hcole » Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:06 pm

praisedave wrote:
MahlerGrooves wrote:On a side note, does anyone notice any tonal differences between elixirs and d'addarios? I know abnout the coating and the squeaking, but are they tonally similar?
i think daddarios have more tone, but thats probably because all the d's i play are meds and my buddy plays elixir lights. its most likely the gauge and not the company
meds don't necessarily have better tone than lights. It's about how a particular guitar sounds with different strings. Believe it or not some guitars sound better with lights than meds.

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Unread post by mangold » Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:07 pm

hcole wrote:
praisedave wrote:
MahlerGrooves wrote:On a side note, does anyone notice any tonal differences between elixirs and d'addarios? I know abnout the coating and the squeaking, but are they tonally similar?
i think daddarios have more tone, but thats probably because all the d's i play are meds and my buddy plays elixir lights. its most likely the gauge and not the company
meds don't necessarily have better tone than lights. It's about how a particular guitar sounds with different strings. Believe it or not some guitars sound better with lights than meds.
yes, but i play a dread which is uber better with meds. i win!
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