Need technical advices

[J-Nick]

Hello there

I'm sorry for the question, I'm sure it has already been covered but I want to make sure I don't screw up my guitar...

I'm getting serious fret buzz when I fret the low E string at the 13th fret (that's the only spot on the neck where I get the buzz). Can I correct the probelm by adjusting the truss rod? If so, in which direction?

Any thing else I should know?

Thanks for your help...

 

[brentrocks]

when you look down the neck, does there appear to be a bow in the neck? or does it look pretty straight?

 

[J-Nick]

when you look down the neck, does there appear to be a bow in the neck? or does it look pretty straight?

I will have to take a look tonight... what would I do in each case?

The weird thing about this buzz is that it appeared as I was playing all of a sudden I couldn't fret the 13th fret on the low E, and it was fine 5 minutes before...weird

 

[tommyindelaware]

Hello there

I'm sorry for the question, I'm sure it has already been covered but I want to make sure I don't screw up my guitar...

I'm getting serious fret buzz when I fret the low E string at the 13th fret (that's the only spot on the neck where I get the buzz). Can I correct the probelm by adjusting the truss rod? If so, in which direction?

Any thing else I should know?

Thanks for your help...

buzzing that far up the neck is fixed by raising the bridge a LITTLE.......
if tht makes the action too high over the rest of the neck ....tighten the truss rod wheel about a 1/4 to 1/2 a rotation.......
stir to taste.......

 

[J-Nick]

buzzing that far up the neck is fixed by raising the bridge a LITTLE.......
if tht makes the action too high over the rest of the neck ....tighten the truss rod wheel about a 1/4 to 1/2 a rotation.......
stir to taste.......

Tightening the truss rod would be turning clockwise or counterclockwise when looking from the bridge to the headstock?

 

[tommyindelaware]

Tightening the truss rod would be turning clockwise or counterclockwise when looking from the bridge to the headstock?

clockwise.........

 

[J-Nick]

one more question... I would raise the whole bridge as oppose to a single saddle? How do I raise the whole bridge (it's an axis sport, hardtail)?

Sorry for being so ignorant

Thanks for the help

 

[tommyindelaware]

one more question... I would raise the whole bridge as oppose to a single saddle? How do I raise the whole bridge (it's an axis sport, hardtail)?

Sorry for being so ignorant

Thanks for the help

sorry. 4 some reason i always visualize a morse unless otherwise indicated.
an axis hardtail u do only the saddle that needs raising......

 

[GHWelles]

I will have to take a look tonight... what would I do in each case?

The weird thing about this buzz is that it appeared as I was playing all of a sudden I couldn't fret the 13th fret on the low E, and it was fine 5 minutes before...weird

This sounds like it might just be time to put new strings on. You might want to try that first.

 

[J-Nick]

This sounds like it might just be time to put new strings on. You might want to try that first.

That's probably not the problem the strings are just a few days old...

Thanks