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re: Guitar Players - New Guitar Fret Buzz
Posted on 7/23/15 at 4:35 pm to 1MileTiger
Posted on 7/23/15 at 4:35 pm to 1MileTiger
Could be a technique issue - if this is your first acoustic you might need to get used to it. Setup is a real possibility though. Have you ever adjusted a truss rod before?
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Posted on 7/23/15 at 4:46 pm to 1MileTiger
Could be the bridge, could be the nut, could be one of any number of things. Every new guitar needs a proper adjustment and set up.
Posted on 7/23/15 at 4:46 pm to 1MileTiger
Loosen A & D strings and stick tiny piece of tissue in nut and retune.
Posted on 7/23/15 at 4:48 pm to ItNeverRains
Yeah just put some bubble gum in there. No need to get the action adjusted.
This post was edited on 7/23/15 at 4:49 pm
Posted on 7/23/15 at 4:57 pm to 1MileTiger
A good luthier will set it up for you. If you are doing this yourself, you should check if the truss rod needs adjusting, if the bridge has been cut too deep, or if you have a high fret. Look at a few UTube videos for starters.
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If you are buzzing on an open string, you can raise the nut using super glue and baking soda or dust from a spare (bone or plastic) nut. If the bridge is too low, you can shim under the bridge.
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If you are buzzing on an open string, you can raise the nut using super glue and baking soda or dust from a spare (bone or plastic) nut. If the bridge is too low, you can shim under the bridge.
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This post was edited on 7/23/15 at 5:00 pm
Posted on 7/23/15 at 5:52 pm to 1MileTiger
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Guitar Center
Welp, there's your problem right there. 98% of Guitar Center employees don't have an inkling of knowledge about the products they sell.
Posted on 7/23/15 at 6:02 pm to xGeauxLSUx
I wouldn't know whether an instrument needed setting up or how to even go about it.
Posted on 7/23/15 at 6:17 pm to 1MileTiger
It was probably set up to some degree at the factory, but after being exposed to changes in temperature and humidity during shipping and storage what you describe would be pretty common. Most private dealers would have set it up before a customer got a chance to look at it, the chain stores just take them out of the box and hang them on the wall. I have bought several new guitars off the rack that would have been considered unplayable by most anyone, all they needed was a proper setup.
Posted on 7/23/15 at 7:01 pm to 1MileTiger
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is it normal to need an initial setup on a new guitar?
The dealer from whom you purchased your guitar should set it up for you.
If you bought it from Musician's Friend or some other catalog/on line vendor, contact them about the problem. However, be aware that shipping a guitar in UPS trucks in the summer can cause any new guitar to need a set-up after delivery to your residence.
Should that be the case, your next step should be to fix it yourself or pay a guitar tech/luthier to fix it.
Posted on 7/23/15 at 8:38 pm to 1MileTiger
Like someone else said, it doesn't matter how good a guitar is, it will need a set up out of the box, and periodically forever. Guitars are made of wood, and we live in the south. If it never leaves your house, you should need a setup less often, but if you travel with it, the wood will change with the weather.
You dropped good cash on a good guitar, so take this time to find a good luthier that you can always take it to when it needs work. Don't take it to guitar center unless you want it a youtube setup from someone who's only qualifications are that they play in a cover band and have a ponytail.
You dropped good cash on a good guitar, so take this time to find a good luthier that you can always take it to when it needs work. Don't take it to guitar center unless you want it a youtube setup from someone who's only qualifications are that they play in a cover band and have a ponytail.
Posted on 7/23/15 at 11:36 pm to 1MileTiger
In Denver, the relative humidity is about 40% today. By winter you'll see start seeing 18-20%. When the wood dries out even more , you'll get additional shrinking, possibly requiring you to reset the bridge or neck again. You will see high frets, shrinking on the soundboard, a lower bridge, etc.
Consider getting either a guitar humidifier or a whole house humidifier. I run a whole house humidifier and I try to keep it around 35-40% at best.
Most guitar manufacturers keep their factories around 40-45%. Too low, and you'll actually see cracks form.
Consider getting either a guitar humidifier or a whole house humidifier. I run a whole house humidifier and I try to keep it around 35-40% at best.
Most guitar manufacturers keep their factories around 40-45%. Too low, and you'll actually see cracks form.
Posted on 7/24/15 at 12:15 am to Karnac
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onsider getting either a guitar humidifier or a whole house humidifier. I run a whole house humidifier and I try to keep it around 35-40% at best.
I agree try this first.
I have a Taylor 214ce. They are very vulnerable to temp and humidy. I live in the NE and had the same issue. I stored it in my case with a humidifier when not playing, and buzzing eventually went away. I'll post a link to Taylor's website with more info.
Eta: Dry guitar symptoms
Wet guitar symptoms.
This post was edited on 7/24/15 at 12:20 am
Posted on 7/24/15 at 3:42 am to PJ250R
My playing causes a lot of wet guitar symptoms if nomsayin.
Posted on 7/24/15 at 5:53 am to Lou Pai
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Yeah just put some bubble gum in there. No need to get the action adjusted.
Yeah, bubble gum and tissue. Apples to apples. I've had guitar techs uses tissue, toothpicks, etc, because action was low and fast but fretted/buzzed slightly, mostly at nut.
Posted on 7/24/15 at 6:35 am to 1MileTiger
This is a short-scale guitar. Short scale makes the strings looser and more susceptible to fret rattle under moderately hard strumming.
A set-up would be worth the small cost. You may need heavier strings as well. A short scale guitar rewards a light touch with the right hand/pick. But if you tend to bear down you may need heavier strings. Then the action will be especially tight...tighter than on a standard scale instrument.
A set-up would be worth the small cost. You may need heavier strings as well. A short scale guitar rewards a light touch with the right hand/pick. But if you tend to bear down you may need heavier strings. Then the action will be especially tight...tighter than on a standard scale instrument.
Posted on 7/24/15 at 7:00 am to 1MileTiger
take it somewhere else and have a luthier look at it...but a Taylor shouldn't have that issue out of the box though...
Posted on 7/24/15 at 7:34 am to 1MileTiger
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Guitar Center
This is the problem. Take it back, it's fricked up.
Posted on 7/24/15 at 8:09 am to YouAre8Up
Update: Guitar Center tech said to bring it in. He said it should have been set up before I left the store and that the employee who sold it should have known not to send me out with the guitar in the box.
Do they make humidifiers to put in the case? No way I'm getting a humidifier installed in Denver for my whole home.
Do they make humidifiers to put in the case? No way I'm getting a humidifier installed in Denver for my whole home.
Posted on 7/24/15 at 8:14 am to 1MileTiger
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Guitar Center tech said to bring it in. He said it should have been set up before I left the store and that the employee who sold it should have known not to send me out with the guitar in the box.
That's pretty much what we all said. fricking Guitar Center.
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Do they make humidifiers to put in the case? No way I'm getting a humidifier installed in Denver for my whole home.
Slow down. You don't need a humidifier for that thing. But yes. They make them. They make all kinds of gimmicks. Trigger was never stored in or with a humidifier.
Posted on 7/24/15 at 8:17 am to 1MileTiger
I believe they do.I've also seen something about wetting a sponge and putting it in a ziplock with some holes and put that in the little pick compartment in the case.
I wouldn't know how to adjust my guitars.Both I bought,2 Guilds,I played at the store and went home with the ones I'd played.
I'm sure you'll get it playing right.Taylor's are quality guitars.
Best of luck.
I wouldn't know how to adjust my guitars.Both I bought,2 Guilds,I played at the store and went home with the ones I'd played.
I'm sure you'll get it playing right.Taylor's are quality guitars.
Best of luck.
This post was edited on 7/24/15 at 9:18 am
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