Wed Nov 06, 2019 6:52 pm
The other thing that is a very common problem to check for is tongue rise. This occurs when the end of the neck slopes up, making the upper frets higher as you go up the neck, which will make the whole guitar buzz and will often cause fretting out on bends on the upper frets. If you hold the string down at the 12th fret and the last fret, it becomes a straight edge. Look at the distance between the bottom of the string and the top of the frets. There shouldn’t be ANY. The truss rod does not function on the upper part of the neck. You want the 12th fret to the end of the neck to be either perfectly straight, OR, ideally, have a slight bit of drop off. If you see space between the top of the fret and the bottom of the string, you are not going to get the best action and purest tone you can. If there is significant space, you are going to have severe buzzing/fretting out issues.
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Danley wrote:This time of year is when I would expect a lot of setups to go awry on guitars that get shipped between potentially freezing places, and other parts of the US that still get Summer weather. That said I’d contact the retailer about it first and ask what they offer to do, being they’re the ones who gave the alleged setup.
Elwood wrote:There should be a slight relief as you observe, the string tension should pull the neck forward just a tad so the vibrating string path is clear. Perhaps the truss rod needs a little loosening. The neck wood may have
acclimated a couple times since it left the Factory. You could also try a string set that has a higher tension, but I'd look at a quick tune-up of the geometry first.
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suave eddie wrote:I don't understand why the dealer would find it necessary to do a setup on a brand new, from-the-factory instrument that just had a Plek treatment. They aren't very far from the factory and I doubt there would be any climate related setup changes. I can't abide any fret buzz.
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yucafrita wrote:Maybe a bit much of a buzz. Mines basically all have a fair bit of buzz on the low strings. As my guitar teacher oncew said, it you dont hear it through the amp, dont bother.
Elwood wrote:Have you tried a fret-rocker or something like it?
Are they stainless steel frets? Those take a bit more elbow grease to get right and a buzz would be louder than with nickel alloy.
Elwood wrote:It does sound like a fret buzz, though it wouldn't hurt to inspect the saddles.
With small incremental changes and observations I bet you'll be able to reduce it a bit more.
tomanche wrote:Thanks for the video. You wrote there that the low E is at 5/64" at the 12th fret.
I tend to set it at 6/64" (3/32"), largely to reduce that buzz. That's not an unreasonable height. (I found it decades ago recommended as a good starting point in Ritchie Fliegler's excellent The Complete Guide to Guitar and Amp Maintenance.)
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Tooslowhand wrote:Is the neck twisted at all?
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waynerd wrote: I really don't think the PLEK has anything to do with it.
Tue Dec 17, 2019 5:39 pm