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skisquash

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Hey all,

Oddly, in the last 24 hours my ASS has developed considerable fret buzz mainly in the low frets and low strings. Never noticed a sudden change before in any my guitars before. Has anyone else had this? There may have a humidity change but it seems like a lot in a short period of time. I may let it sit to settle before I go in and counter clockwise the truss rod. Any thoughts/ideas?

Thanks!
 

Mick

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Just do it, you can always turn back the rod. But it´s that easy as you described.
Humidity is a bitch;)
 

Jack FFR1846

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When spring turned to summer, almost all my guitars were borked. I learned pretty quickly how to adjust necks on 6 guitars. I just changed the strings on my ASS. Went from 9's to 10's and needed to make quite a bit of a change in the neck....as expected.

jack
 

hbucker

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If it's a Floyd model it could be the locking nut. I've run into this problem with my EVH only it's with the high E and B strings.
 

tonemeister

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I agree with the others.....do the truss adjustment. Do an eighth of a turn counter clockwise, RETUNE (important), check for buzz again repeat if necessary. You certainly can`t do any harm unless you go the wrong way and over-tighten it. That should fix you up!

Oh yeah.....Thank you EBMM for making your guitars with access to the truss rod without taking the guitar apart! What was Leo thinking?
 
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skisquash

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Thanks all. It's a Floyd-less ASS. I wasn't patient enough to let it sit. Changed it an 8th and let it settle. Tuning stayed dead on. I love EB. I'm back now and will change an 8th more. Still a unhealthy amount of buzz.
 

skisquash

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Very true...I've gotten pretty close to the pre-change set-up. Action is still too high but we'll get there for tonight's show. Thanks all.
 
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