buzzing strings

JamesMatthews · Unread post by **JamesMatthews** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:19 pm

Dont touch the truss rod if you never touched it. My friend got his guitar good for the garbage after taking this rod 1/4 turn... First, You should change this white string supporter (don't know the english term) on the bridge.

It's not high enough, so the strings buzz. This white shit costs like 5 dollars depending on the material used.

If it doesnt work, maybe it's the other white shit holding strings at the top of your fretboard, get it up but be careful.

If this doesnt work, FretJob is the key... and for the final, if this doesnt work, adjust the truss rod.

That's what I think.
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T1nM4n · Unread post by **T1nM4n** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 9:14 pm

???? anyone?????

mangold · Unread post by **mangold** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 9:25 pm

JamesMatthews wrote:Dont touch the truss rod if you never touched it. My friend got his guitar good for the garbage after taking this rod 1/4 turn... First, You should change this white string supporter (don't know the english term) on the bridge.

It's not high enough, so the strings buzz. This white shit costs like 5 dollars depending on the material used.

If it doesnt work, maybe it's the other white shit holding strings at the top of your fretboard, get it up but be careful.

If this doesnt work, FretJob is the key... and for the final, if this doesnt work, adjust the truss rod.

That's what I think.

the bottom one is called the bridge, and its on the saddle. the top one is the nut. i dont think you should mess with those without experience. actual skill is required. with the truss, you just turn it a quarter turn, then wait a day, then another quarter turn, and pretty soon your up tight and right

T1nM4n · Unread post by **T1nM4n** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 9:46 pm

ok well incase u werew all wondering i ended up adjusting the truss rod i think i did about 1/2 trun and everyhting is good now, i let it set for about a day (hard not to play it for a day straight when it is jsut sitting there) the buzzing is significantly less but still there everyone once and a while should i give it maybe another 1/4 turn or less to fix it

ps, i put a capo on the 1st fret and then pressed the 14th fret and measured the gap between the 7th fret and the low e string with a feeler gauge and its about .010 of an inch, (i read this technique online) i also rad that a gap of .010 to .025 is acceptable should i maybe adjsut it jsut a lil more to eliminate all buzzing?

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mangold · Unread post by **mangold** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 2:14 pm

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T1nM4n · Unread post by **T1nM4n** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:16 am

praisedave wrote:
wkpggrvn2001 wrote:I think it has been brought up before:

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seth_southerland · Unread post by **seth_southerland** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 4:03 pm

i have an aw100 and this has happened to me before
when i first got it, it played fine, but like a couple weeks later it started buzzing and stuff so i took it back and said hey whats the deal, and they were like, yeah a lot of people are having problems with them, because a lot of them were coming out of the factory with necks that were already twisted or some such deal, so they gave me another one and raised the action on it as well, and its been fine ever since, but i havent played it since my birthday because i got a martin dcx1e

i should pull it out and play it for old time's sake one of these days

Reckless · Unread post by **Reckless** » Tue May 03, 2005 2:52 pm

I'm having slight buzzing on my D string. I'm thinking about messing with the truss rod. A lot of the advice on these boards says to turn it 1/4 turn to the left. Why is it always to the left and not the right? Thanks.

seth_southerland · Unread post by **seth_southerland** » Tue May 03, 2005 3:26 pm

i believe that turning it that way tightens the rod, so i'd bet that its probably because it is more likely to twist in the direction you would turn it to loosen it, so you would always turn it to the left to tighten it back up

hcole · Unread post by **hcole** » Tue May 03, 2005 3:30 pm

Reckless Mind wrote:I'm having slight buzzing on my D string. I'm thinking about messing with the truss rod. A lot of the advice on these boards says to turn it 1/4 turn to the left. Why is it always to the left and not the right? Thanks.

The only time you should touch your truss rod is if the neck isn't straight. It's not a cure all for problems with the action. If you start turning the truss rod when it doesn't need it you're gonna have some issues.

When did you start having this buzzing problem?

mangold · Unread post by **mangold** » Tue May 03, 2005 4:15 pm

Reckless Mind wrote:I'm having slight buzzing on my D string. I'm thinking about messing with the truss rod. A lot of the advice on these boards says to turn it 1/4 turn to the left. Why is it always to the left and not the right? Thanks.

the right makes the rod tighter, which would make the action lower.

and cole: i find that with most people who want to lower their action its because their action has gotten higher or they have recently gotten buzzing. that is the truss rod. the only time you want to adjuct action with the nut/saddle is if you're unhappyw ith the action from when you purchased the guitar

Reckless · Unread post by **Reckless** » Tue May 03, 2005 4:38 pm

hcole wrote:
Reckless Mind wrote:I'm having slight buzzing on my D string. I'm thinking about messing with the truss rod. A lot of the advice on these boards says to turn it 1/4 turn to the left. Why is it always to the left and not the right? Thanks.
The only time you should touch your truss rod is if the neck isn't straight. It's not a cure all for problems with the action. If you start turning the truss rod when it doesn't need it you're gonna have some issues.

When did you start having this buzzing problem?

I think it's always had slight buzzing (I got it back in December 04 ) but it's never bothered me too much until recently.

hcole · Unread post by **hcole** » Tue May 03, 2005 5:50 pm

Reckless Mind wrote:
hcole wrote:
Reckless Mind wrote:I'm having slight buzzing on my D string. I'm thinking about messing with the truss rod. A lot of the advice on these boards says to turn it 1/4 turn to the left. Why is it always to the left and not the right? Thanks.
The only time you should touch your truss rod is if the neck isn't straight. It's not a cure all for problems with the action. If you start turning the truss rod when it doesn't need it you're gonna have some issues.

When did you start having this buzzing problem?
I think it's always had slight buzzing (I got it back in December 04 ) but it's never bothered me too much until recently.

If it's always done this you might want to check out the frets. Do you always get the buzz on the D string or does it come and go depending on where on the neck you have the d string fretted?

Reckless · Unread post by **Reckless** » Tue May 03, 2005 5:54 pm

hcole wrote:
Reckless Mind wrote:
hcole wrote:
Reckless Mind wrote:I'm having slight buzzing on my D string. I'm thinking about messing with the truss rod. A lot of the advice on these boards says to turn it 1/4 turn to the left. Why is it always to the left and not the right? Thanks.
The only time you should touch your truss rod is if the neck isn't straight. It's not a cure all for problems with the action. If you start turning the truss rod when it doesn't need it you're gonna have some issues.

When did you start having this buzzing problem?
I think it's always had slight buzzing (I got it back in December 04 ) but it's never bothered me too much until recently.
If it's always done this you might want to check out the frets. Do you always get the buzz on the D string or does it come and go depending on where on the neck you have the d string fretted?

just at certain places, it's very slight buzzing. on the A string too.

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