bricks

I took the bass to a guitar shop, did'nt end up touching it at all. Lucky for me it was an easy fix. The guy at the store said it did't have enough winds on the peg head. This meant that the string was hitting the nut at too shallow an angle and wasn't getting enough bite on the nut. He simply did a set up, which he rekons was bugger all because it didn't need it Oiled the fretboard Put new strings on Charged me $75 including strings It doesn't buzz anymore! Cheers for your help just thought you might want to know how it turned out.

Thanks fellas, I 'll let you know how it goes. cheers.

I'm not going to lift the slot at all? What i'll do is try to fill the slot with the baking soda and glue trick and then re-cut it. If that doesn't work i'll get a new nut put in it.

Cheers mick, I did as you suggested and put a piece of foil in the slot, it doesnt buzz with the foil. I think I do need a new nut tho because the nut slot for the .100 Estring is about the same size as the .130 b String? I really think it's rattling sideways. Ps I fixed this blokes gas line on sunday, in his roof, in 39 degree heat, and i didn't charge him for it. He was selling the bass anyway I noticed him taking photo's of it, he was just about to put it on the internet. PS the action is about 1mm at the nut and about 3mm at the 12th frett, reckon that sounds ok. I'm not a guru bass player but it looks pretty high? the neck has almost no releif in it, and it doesn't buzz at all anywhere else? And the guitar makes that buzz all the time, plugged or unplugged.

Basically the guitar was free for me ( I swapped it for a favour) onw of those win-win situations, came witha 200 watt amp and cab too. Anyways Why would raising the string height help the buzz, the string definately is not hitting a frett, but instead is buzzing right at the nut slot? And the string is at the same height as the rest of them, the over size part of the slot is sideways if that makes sense?

I've just become the new owner of an IBANEZ 5 string bass, The only problem with it is that the E string buzzes at the nut?? I've not seen this before ever so I don't know exactly how to best fix it. When the open E is played there is a buzz, Any other fretted note has no buzz at all, If i touch my finger ( even lightly) on to the nut over the Estring when I play it, the buzz dissapears. No other string has buzzing, Only two possible causes that I can pick, The action is a little high ( i've only ever played guitar before but it still looks high) The nut slot looks to be ever so slightly larger than the string, the others seem to be a tighter fit ( where talking about a hairline difference) Is there something I can use to fill the nut slot and then file out again to the correct size, or do I need a new nut compleatly??? Any other solutions please also<>> Cheers Bricks.

I've not been building that long either. I started same as you just messing around with fret levels and stuff. First guitar was a kit build, got me started. Have not bought a body or neck since, but the first build was a valuable learning tool. I have read as many books as I could get my hands on re- guitar building and woodworking.