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(9 replies, posted in Electric)

Thx for the replies and welcome guys.

@Doug - I think I'll try some heavier weight strings before I mess with the truss. I've never had much luck in the past with trussrods. Oddly enough, the first truss adjustments I made to my very first guitar (an $79 Rouge dreadnought) worked like a charm and I played that thing until the frets wore down. I did it right with that instrument, adjusted 1/4 turn every week until the buzz went away. But you are right, my problems are most certainly b/c of climatic induced bowing. I just ordered a mess of different gauges, some with different gauge for top/bottom. I'm going to see if any of them get rid of the buzz, I'll post the results.

I did just learn something new and nifty about PRS trussrods, tho
   

From PRS support site wrote:

The PRS double acting truss rod provides neck adjustment in both directions. Conventional truss rods can only compensate for forward neck bow. Due to varied climate and other conditions to which your PRS guitar may be exposed during its lifetime, we have made our necks fully adjustable.

Nice to know in case I need to try an adjustment.

I still think PRS is a quality guitar, tho, cause my strat-clone electric, which i thought was indestructable, dried out so much it popped up my pickguard this summer, revealing the innards (in which the assembly workers had dropped and left about 5 extra springs!! hah!). I miss that guitar tho - my first electric ...

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(9 replies, posted in Electric)

Hi all,

Glad to have finally gotten around to joining a guitar forum. Anyway, I'm an avid amateur player, been at it for 5 years now. I play a jazz/blues/folk fusion thing, with some straight up rockabilly stylings on the side. Anyway, I recently purchased a PRS SE custom.

Anyway, we had a record breaking summer and it has created some buzzing with the PRS. At least, I believe that to be the case. We didn't have the entire house cooled so it was exposed to the heat. I would like to try and get rid of the buzz. I'm looking for recommendations on heavier strings (I use D'addario). I think I have 11 gauge on right now and I still have buzz. Should I consider getting an aftermarket bridge? I've already tried adjusting the saddles, and I can't go up any further with the factory bridge. Just looking for some suggestions. Thx for checking out my post.

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