Eliminate fret buzz without raising action?

[pott]

Even for an electric guitar, the action on my model 4 is extremely low. It's very nice to play but I get fret buzz on the E string. Not overly annoying, I don't have much, but it can be heard and I was wondering if there was anything aside from raising the action (by raising the bridge) to change this. Thanks!

[kmanick]

Re: Eliminate fret buzz without raising action?

level the frets, shim the nut,check the relief and give the truss rod a tweak.
There are a couple of things you can do.
what kind of buzz? where and when helps to provide a more
useful answer.

[jgcable]

Re: Eliminate fret buzz without raising action?

Extremely low action is going to give a degree of buzzing. Where on the neck is it buzzing?

[pott]

Re: Eliminate fret buzz without raising action?

That's the problem, I don't know where really... And the frets have been levelled.
My neck is perfectly flat I think. I have no way of knowing for sure but it appears so.
What does 'shim' mean?

[kmanick]

Re: Eliminate fret buzz without raising action?

shim is placing something (very thin) under the nut to raise it a bit.
If you get buzzing on string when it's open and not when
it's fretted then adding a shim under the nut can help.

[toejam]

Re: Eliminate fret buzz without raising action?

If it can't be heard through the amp, don't worry about it. Buzzing is normal. It'll drive you nuts if you're so picky about having a little bit of it.

[pott]

Re: Eliminate fret buzz without raising action?

Well it depends how hard I hit. I get more buzz when I fret a chord, and I can't locate it.

[Newc]

Re: Eliminate fret buzz without raising action?

Options for totally eliminating buzz without adjusting the action:
-Use flatwound strings.
-Remove the frets.
-Turn the amp up.
-Get a piano.

[aldog1330]

Re: Eliminate fret buzz without raising action?

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-Turn the amp up.
-Get a piano.

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Isn't the first a solution for everything!

The piano response made me spit coke all over my monitor too [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img].

[jgcable]

Re: Eliminate fret buzz without raising action?

Another solution would be to buy a Randall Warhead. You won't notice the buzzing playing through one of those amps.

[toejam]

Re: Eliminate fret buzz without raising action?

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Another solution would be to buy a Randall Warhead. You won't notice the buzzing playing through one of those amps.

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LOL You won't know whether it's your guitar or amp that's buzzing. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[bonghits]

Re: Eliminate fret buzz without raising action?

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Another solution would be to buy a Randall Warhead. You won't notice the buzzing playing through one of those amps.

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LOL You won't know whether it's your guitar or amp that's buzzing. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[/ QUOTE ]Or your ears!! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[cobhc]

Re: Eliminate fret buzz without raising action?

i was always told that electrics are ok to buzz when played acoustically, but as long as you dont hear it on the clean channel then all is good my friend.