a lot of buzzing...

seth_southerland · Unread post by **seth_southerland** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 11:57 pm

has anyone's guitar ever buzzed at just about every fret? this is really weird and its hacking me off big time

seth_southerland · Unread post by **seth_southerland** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 11:58 pm

it started doing that with my previous set of strings that were on my guitar yesterday, so i went and bought some and put them on, and it was still buzzing after that

this sucks

fatjack · Unread post by **fatjack** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:54 am

seth_southerland wrote:it started doing that with my previous set of strings that were on my guitar yesterday, so i went and bought some and put them on, and it was still buzzing after that

this sucks

check your neck to see it its crooked or warped

is it an electric with an adjustable bridge? then you'll want to check that too

seth_southerland · Unread post by **seth_southerland** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 11:35 am

i think its crooked, yeah
i'm not sure but because all three of the guitars that i have had have given me problems because of a twist in the neck, i'm beginning to think that where i'm keeping them in the house (in a hard case in my closet) might somehow be the cause of the twisting

its an acoustic by the way

what are the ways you are supposed to keep your guitar in the different times of the year when the temperatures are different?

fatjack · Unread post by **fatjack** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 11:37 am

seth_southerland wrote:i think its crooked, yeah
i'm not sure but because all three of the guitars that i have had have given me problems because of a twist in the neck, i'm beginning to think that where i'm keeping them in the house (in a hard case in my closet) might somehow be the cause of the twisting

its an acoustic by the way

what are the ways you are supposed to keep your guitar in the different times of the year when the temperatures are different?

i think kahn made a thread just for that. i think its called "caring for you guitar"

seth_southerland · Unread post by **seth_southerland** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 11:52 am

thats some good info to have, but its not fixing my problem, i guess i'll take it to the shop and see if anything can be done with it, i think that the problem is that to me, the neck looks like it is bent back a little, and it looks like there is a high spot on it, too

charliemike · Unread post by **charliemike** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 1:00 pm

They can adjust the truss rod ... Hopefully that will fix it. Is your saddle worn? Perhaps that needs to be swapped out.

seth_southerland · Unread post by **seth_southerland** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 1:05 pm

doesnt the truss rod adjust the twist?

seth_southerland · Unread post by **seth_southerland** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 8:06 am

so i diagnosed my guitar as having a back-bow

well
yesterday i got out the old hex key and a pair of needle-nose pliars(i need the pliars to turn the key cuz i had to use the long part of the key to put into the truss rod) and i loosed up said truss rod quite a bit and took out 98% of the buzzing, still just a teeny bit of buzz from the steel strings on a couple of the frets, but thats bearable until i can get it into a shop and maybe raise the action a little

one thing i noticed about the bridge is that the end of it with the steel strings is lower than the end with the bronze strings on it, and i can understand why but maybe the solution will be as simple as raising up the steel string end by a few millimeters

thejoe · Unread post by **thejoe** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 11:51 am

its supposed to be lower because the strings have a smaller diameter

i would suggest taking it to a shop if you dont really know what you're diong, you can really mess up your guitar if you overadjust the truss rod

lots of people have written how-tos for the truss rod on here

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