Mattii
Member
Hi folks, I'm new here.
I don't own an Ernie Ball yet, but have spotted a very nice Musicman Axis in Transluscent Red in a local music shop here in Asia that I am seriously considering. I currently play Suhr guitars.
The problem is, this particular Axis guitar has severe buzzing.
I gave it a quick look over and the neck seems straight, and I've noticed the buzzing occurs on mainly the unwound strings, with G being the worst offender, and all the way up to the 21st fret. No buzz on the last 22nd fret. There is also buzzing on the open strings too.
I'm guessing that the offender is the 22nd fret (perhaps not seated correctly or too high?). The neck action appears relatively straight with some slight relief, so that seems normal. A sighting down the neck does not show any curve in the fretboard near the neck join.
The bridge is not exactly flush with the body, and appears that the plate under the fine tuners is not parallel with the body (if it were to be made flush)... could the two bridge of the floyd be screwed in too tight to make the back of the floyd raise up and would that cause the buzzing? I'm not too familar with Floyds and their setups...
I really want to walk in and give them an offer on the guitar and see if I can fix it at home. The other option I have is to get the shop to fix it up before I lay down some hard cash, but I don't have confidence in their guitar setup ability. They are basically a chain store. Actually, I don't have confidence in my own setup ability. but if they cannot fix it, and I can figure out what the problem is then it may just be a quick fix I can do, and hence get a good guitar at a good price.
In a perfect world, they should be able to fix it up BEFORE I decide to buy it...
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
Matt
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I don't own an Ernie Ball yet, but have spotted a very nice Musicman Axis in Transluscent Red in a local music shop here in Asia that I am seriously considering. I currently play Suhr guitars.
The problem is, this particular Axis guitar has severe buzzing.
I gave it a quick look over and the neck seems straight, and I've noticed the buzzing occurs on mainly the unwound strings, with G being the worst offender, and all the way up to the 21st fret. No buzz on the last 22nd fret. There is also buzzing on the open strings too.
I'm guessing that the offender is the 22nd fret (perhaps not seated correctly or too high?). The neck action appears relatively straight with some slight relief, so that seems normal. A sighting down the neck does not show any curve in the fretboard near the neck join.
The bridge is not exactly flush with the body, and appears that the plate under the fine tuners is not parallel with the body (if it were to be made flush)... could the two bridge of the floyd be screwed in too tight to make the back of the floyd raise up and would that cause the buzzing? I'm not too familar with Floyds and their setups...
I really want to walk in and give them an offer on the guitar and see if I can fix it at home. The other option I have is to get the shop to fix it up before I lay down some hard cash, but I don't have confidence in their guitar setup ability. They are basically a chain store. Actually, I don't have confidence in my own setup ability. but if they cannot fix it, and I can figure out what the problem is then it may just be a quick fix I can do, and hence get a good guitar at a good price.
In a perfect world, they should be able to fix it up BEFORE I decide to buy it...
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
Matt
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