Is It The Strings?

[colinboy]

Hey guys,
i was playing with my BFR this morning before work and noticed theres abit of a rattle from the G-string coming through the amp.anyone else have this problem?its only this string as ive checked all the rest of them with alot of concentration on the ringing of each string and the others seem fine.

 

[fbecir]

How old are your strings ? Before changing anything (intonation, for instance), it's always a good idea to change the strings.
My 2 cents ... (that means 0.013625 euros)

 

[beej]

You hear the buzzing acoustically? Then yup, strings and then check relief and truss rod adjustment.

 

[Lou]

Open G? Or fretted in a specific area?

 

[Larry]

Open G? Or fretted in a specific area?

+1 Change the strings before letting us know

 

[colinboy]

the strings are the same as when i got it last october.havent changed them yet or adjusted anything on the guitar yet.il plug her in again in the morning and see if the problem is still there.it does seem to be ringing abit more around the 2nd fret.il let you guys know in the morning.

 

[Multiversal]

the strings are the same as when i got it last october.havent changed them yet or adjusted anything on the guitar yet.il plug her in again in the morning and see if the problem is still there.it does seem to be ringing abit more around the 2nd fret.il let you guys know in the morning.

OCTOBER?!

Dude. Change the strings. That's probably your problem!

I've found that I've don't change strings for an extended period of time that MANY things can go wrong. String buzzing, crap tuning stability.. besides the obvious crap sound of course.

 

[ivanmihaljevic]

the strings are the same as when i got it last october.

LOL Change the strings!
I've probably restrung my guitar around 10 times since October

 

[colinboy]

LOL Change the strings!
I've probably restrung my guitar around 10 times since October

I know that it sounds funny that i havent changed strings but i havent gigged the guitar yet and hopefully il start this year.they seem fresh enough but i will buy some strings tomorrow and restring it.what strings does the BFR,s come with from the factory? RPS 9-46 is it?

 

[kneeoh]

RPS 9-42 since November 2007. On BFR's sent out prior to that month, RPS 10-46

 

[beej]

Well regardless, the climate has changed since October- so this might just be a case of adjusting the truss rod.

Change the strings, give the fretboard a wonder wiping, then if it's still buzzing a truss rood tweak and you're probably all set.

 

[colinboy]

Well regardless, the climate has changed since October- so this might just be a case of adjusting the truss rod.

Change the strings, give the fretboard a wonder wiping, then if it's still buzzing a truss rood tweak and you're probably all set.

i got my BFR at the end of sept 2007 last.will i put RPS 9-42 strings on it or RPS 10-46 on it??the guy who replied to my query just before you mate said that BFR,s shipped before nov 2007 had 10-46,s on them.

il go to my local music shop tomorrow and buy RPS 9-42 gauge i think and after restringing il let you know.it seems to be buzzing around the 2nd and 9th fret and when played open.its annoying to be honest so im anxious to get it sorted asap.

thanks for the advice guys,will let ye know tomorrow.

 

[ivanmihaljevic]

Rattle your G string

(I don't know why, but I had to do this)

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

As everyone has said, its probably the strings..

 

[MatrixAndyR]

You know what... I'm gonna be DIFFERENT!

I had a similar problem with mine... and it was actually not the strings! The nut was cut about 1 mm to deep... i put a little piece of plastic in the nut and it fixed it up very nicely.

 

[Multiversal]

You know what... I'm gonna be DIFFERENT!

I had a similar problem with mine... and it was actually not the strings! The nut was cut about 1 mm to deep... i put a little piece of plastic in the nut and it fixed it up very nicely.

If this were the case, wouldn't it have rattling/buzzing when he first got it?

As far as I know, this just started happening to him recently.. so that probably rules that out as what's wrong.

I dunno, maybe little Peavey aliens dropped by while he was sleeping and cut the nut with a mini-laser to ruin his week.

 

[colinboy]

If this were the case, wouldn't it have rattling/buzzing when he first got it?

As far as I know, this just started happening to him recently.. so that probably rules that out as what's wrong.

I dunno, maybe little Peavey aliens dropped by while he was sleeping and cut the nut with a mini-laser to ruin his week.

HA ha ha,poor peavey seem to get an awful hammering on the forum.

anyway i went to my local music shops today and not one of them had RPS strings so i bought the 9-42,s in super slinky.il have to go online and buy some RPS slinkys.
will the strings i got do for the moment until i get the RPS,s???

 

[Multiversal]

HA ha ha,poor peavey seem to get an awful hammering on the forum.

anyway i went to my local music shops today and not one of them had RPS strings so i bought the 9-42,s in super slinky.il have to go online and buy some RPS slinkys.
will the strings i got do for the moment until i get the RPS,s???

Of course they will.

The RPS slinkies are just a bit better, but man the original slinkies are great too.. or else they wouldn't be sellin' them.

I still use the original slinky strings ALL the time.