Fret Buzz On High Frets (10 To 12)

[antonmb]

I got an LP copy (TOM bridge).

Right now, it's got GHS strings (10-46).

In its current setup, there's buzzing on the higher frets, on the 10th till the 12th, on the 6th and 5th string. The buzz occurs when the strings are either picked or strummed heavily.

Will adding relief help? Or is a truss rod adjustment not the solution since the buzz occur on the higher frets? Is raising the bridge my only choice?

The bridge is already quite high and I would rather make adjustments somewhere else.

Thanks.

Edited December 1, 2004 by antonmb

[octavedoctor]

I got an LP copy (TOM bridge).

Right now, it's got GHS strings (10-46).

In its current setup, there's buzzing on the higher frets, on the 10th till the 12th, on the 6th and 5th string. The buzz occurs when the strings are either picked or strummed heavily.

Will adding relief help? Or is a truss rod adjustment not the solution since the buzz occur on the higher frets? Is raising the bridge my only choice?

The bridge is already quite high and I would rather make adjustments somewhere else.

Thanks.

You probably need to take relief out and raise the bridge a little.

This is happening because you have too much relief which makes the action high. Lowering the action at the bridge then causes the strings to fret out at the higher notes. The relief only needs to be about .010".

The fact the the bridge is already high is irrelevant, if it's fretting out at the high notes it needs to come up.

If your bridge is really, really high (like, off the pegs almost!) and you have a bolt on neck you might have to reshim the neck or I should say get it done by a professional!

Somewhere I've got an article I wrote on setting up your own guitar. PM me or e-mail me on octavedoctor@macunlimited.net and i'll send it to you.

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Edited December 30, 2004 by octavedoctor

[mryydin]

Responding to Octave Doctor. This is the same problem I am having. Is .010 a good relief on a new neck? The stuff I have been reading says .05 (so thats what I have been going by). Right now my relief is at about .08. I did notice that my fret buzz was the least when the neck was close to flat and the bridge was higher.

But I keep reading conflicting advice. Some say that you should only adjust the action at the bridge and the nut and that relief is only due to personal preference or playing style. However, I am just trying to eliminate the buzz I'm seeing due to heavy attack.

The neck I am working on is a new Warmoth compound radius and I'm pretty sure the frets are level (using a straight edge) so I shouldn't be seeing the amount of problems I am having. I have tried adding relief and lowering the bridge and lessening relief and raising the bridge.

Hope I'm posting this in the right place. If .01 is the magic relief number than I am been going about this all wrong.

Thanks,

Mryydin

Edited May 21, 2005 by mryydin