Elton Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 im getting fret buzz on my acoustic and it is a cheap one. the strings are to close to the frets so when im playing the note doenst ring on certain spots.... how do i fix this??? its really interfering with my john mayer songs. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpa Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 There could be more than one reason for buzzing, need more info. Any particular area on the neck where this is occurring? any particular frets? Are the frets worn in or near the buzz areas? You might be able to correct by raising the bridge saddle or raising the nut. A truss rod adjustment might fix. Replace/redress bad frets and look for loose ones. Usually a combination of everything I mentioned fixes buzzing. You have to identify exactly whats causing it, ie. neck related or fret related or both. Heres a start: http://www.frets.com/FRETSPages/Luthier/Te.../buzzintro.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 It's probably most of the above...if you are to the point of playing (well) John Mayer stuff, then you're probably not gonna quit, so I say just get a nice guitar. Not just for the buzzes, but for the tone. Devon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJohn Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 Have you adjusted the truss rod?If it dosen't have one,(don't laugh some lower cost ones don't),try the shimming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commidaddy Posted February 26, 2004 Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 Some expensive guitars don't have a truss rod either...My dad had a guitar hand built for me from scratch, has duncan pickups, a nice washburn bridge, and a lot of other nice features...he spent 2500 dollars on having it built...no truss rod. The neck goes all the way through the body, but yeah no truss rod(at least no place to adjust it lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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