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Thanks. Yes - I had to loosen the truss rod 1/4 turn more. Now the action is low (1.5mm at 12th, 2mm at 24th) and there's no fret buzz. I've never had to adjust a truss rod this much before. :/

Thanks, I'll try that before embarking on a fret levelling journey. I guess 1 mm at the bridge, will be about .025 at the 1st fret, which might be just enough...

Yeah, that's what put me off starting this - hence this post to see what other people think. I have levelled frets before but just the odd one here and there, and always higher up the neck from about the 9th fret onwards. I could give them a little tap with the fret hammer to see if that's enough - the slight buzz is probably just 0.1/0.2 mm off.

Thanks for your reply. Yes, it looks as if I might need to level a few frets at that end. The truss rod is dual action and not hard to turn. There's virtually no relief, when I hold down a string at 12th fret and also at body fret the middle fret is touching the string. Re-checking the string gauge, the action is about 1 mm at 12th fret, 6th string.

Hello All I recently got an Epiphone SG that was unplayable out of the box. There was fret buzz from frets 1 to 5 across all 6 strings. I guess the neck had an up-bow. I loosened the truss rod a few 1/8th turns over a few days and eventually most of the fret buzz had gone. But it still has a little buzz on the: - E string, frets 1 to 5, - B string, frets 1 to 4, - G string, frets 1 to 3. When I lean the guitar forward (strings down), the buzz goes away, and when I lean the guitar backwards (neck down) it gets worse. The frets are not perfectly even, with a little wiggle from the fret rocker in various places, not just the frets that are buzzing. The nut slots are fine - no buzz from open strings. As I've already adjusted the truss rod a few times, to about 1 whole turn by now, I'm a bit concerned about doing even more. The neck is now straight, with virtually no relief. The string action is low (about 1.5 mm at the 12th fret, and about 2 mm at the 24th fret). If I raise the action on the lower side the problem goes away but the guitar is then less playable at the higher frets due to the angle of the set neck and bridge height. I've set up, upgraded and repaired a few guitars, but this problem has me stumped for now. What do you suggest I do next? Thanks in advance for your help. <a href="https://ibb.co/5xDycnN"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/5xDycnN/sg-action.jpg" alt="sg-action" border="0"></a> <a href="https://ibb.co/zsQjR8W"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/zsQjR8W/sg-neck.jpg" alt="sg-neck" border="0"></a> <a href="https://ibb.co/s30sGhC"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/s30sGhC/sg-nut.jpg" alt="sg-nut" border="0"></a>