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there is about 3/16" (mabye a little bit more) of bow on the sound board behind the bridge. Is this a problem? and if it is how should I fix this? I could probally get warranty work done as I keep it perfectly hummidified so thats not the problem. (It wasent like that when I bought it 4 years ago. It has gotton progressivly worse since about a year ago)

also I used to play like a DREAM up until about a year ago, (interesting that it's the same date huh.gif ) when the action took a dive off the deep end. Right now I have the action crancked up really high just to stop it from buzzing. Could this and the top have anything to do with each other? There buzzing is the worst on the 3rd fret on the high B and E strings where there is some fretware. But all the other strings have almost no fretware and it still buzzes when I play anywhere behind te 12th fret. This is getting REALLY annoying as I LOVE my guitar but I just havent felt able to play after it develped this problem.

any help would be appreciated. thanks all!

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first some questions please...you said that the sound board was "bowed" behind the bridge. is the bridge higher than it used to be or lower? if it's higher it shouldn't be causing your buzzing. just the opposite. that would make your action very high.

second, have you had the neck looked at? if the truss rod isn't tensioned right you could be getting some back bow or roller coastering and that would cause your buzzing.

third, how did you crank the action up really high?

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well, i'm afraid i don't what to tell you. if the bridge is higher than when it was new there shouldn't have been any buzzing as long as the neck was straight. in fact, when they lift up like that the action from about the 9th fret should have been really high.

you might try loosening the strings so that you can get your hand inside the guitar. feel around on the bracing and see if the top has come unglued from any of them. if it feels like it has try slipping your driver's liscence or a business card between the brace and the top to confirm. they can be glued but you're going to need some deep throated clamps.

you might also look into buying a bridge doctor. a product that was designed to pull the bridge back down.

but.....there must be something else going on or you wouldn't be getting buzz as a result of a high bridge.

have you tried contacting the takemine people and see what they have to say?

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What it almost sounds like, is in addition to the bulge by the bridge, you have a swollen area of the neck/fretboard where the neck is attached to the body. Take a good look at that area and see if it is swollen or there is a bulge there. I have seen guitars like that this year, although mainly on much cheeper guitars. Its worth looking into.....

George

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