Cobalt 10s on EBMM Petrucci BFR Koa

[BCMCMoose]

Hello all, new to the forum and never started a thread before. I hope I am doing it properly.
I just received a new BFR jp6 Koa from my wonderful wife as a 20yr anniversary present. The sales manager at GC raved about the new cobalts and wanted to string them up. I said go ahead. A bit later, after noodling other "platinum" guitars,(that sounded nowhere near as good as what I was getting!) I came back put to check his progress.

The low e now had a fret buzz. Unplugged, but you could hear it clearly buzzing. Not ready to deal with an issue on my gorgeous new guitar I told him to string it back with original spec strings. He did and the buzz went away.

Now I plan to try the Cobalts on my next set, but can anyone identify the possible problem? My thought is that he may have cut all the strings at once, then started re stringing on the low e side only, pulling the bridge out of whack? I mean if EB 10.s are stock, cobalt 10s shouldn't require any setup changes right?

 

[DrKev]

I mean if EB 10.s are stock, cobalt 10s shouldn't require any setup changes right?

I don't know if there a tension difference between the cobalts and regular EB strings but even if there is it will only require a small adjustment of the truss rod. If in any doubt, email or call customer service and they'll help you out.

And welcome to the forum family! Unofficial rule - your guitar does not exist without pictures!

K.

 

[BCMCMoose]

Thanks DrKev. And I posted a pic, albeit poor one, on the official pics of my guitar page. Check it out!

 

[BCMCMoose]

Just to be sure, are we talking in the neighborhood of a quarter turn clockwise? Or is there no way to guess at the amount or direction to turn? In the past I have had luck adjusting the neck on my Fender and Gibson that way after increasing stein gauge. But this is the same gauge so I am unsure

 

[DCStingray]

Hey there!

These strings are a bit slinkier than normal Slinkys so you may want to set up the guitar slightly different to account for that, similar to fine tuning your set up based on how hard you play. I agree with DrKev, a slight turn of the of the truss rod (away from you if you're holding the guitar normally) should do the trick.

 

[BCMCMoose]

Thanks for the help. I will be doing that this afternoon.