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Guitar chord forum - chordie → Acoustic → Please some advice:-) on strings *having buzzing after changing them
Hello every one,, fist let me thank all the nice pe0ple that reply my questions,,
I love this site is full of frendly people and very helpful
now the question: recently changed the strings on my guitar, but I'm having a lot of buzzin is the reason why,, because I remove them all at once?
I read on other site that that was totally wrong
thanks on advance:-)
not sure what you mean by "removed them all at once". The most common reason for buzzing is the action not being set properly in the neck of the guitar. Or improper technique, such as not fingering chords close enough to the fret. Look straight down the neck of the guitar for any bumps or ridges, they may be causing your problem.
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HI BBDGus,
Were your new strings the same gauge as the old ones? If you put on lighter strings then with less tension on the neck the strings could end up too close to the frets causing your problem. If this is the case and you want to keep to the lighter strings then adjustments need to be made to your guitar.
I do not think removing all the strings can cause a problem but someone more qualified that I can answer that one.
Regards,
Roger
There is 2 schools of thought on this subject. (1)Some think that you should only take off all your strings at once if your going to give your guitar a good cleaning & polishing. This is because as stated when all the strings are off there is no tension on the neck causing the neck to want to bow forward(relieving the stress on the neck trom the string tension).
(2) The other thought is if you change one string at a time the tension on the neck will always remain the same.
I do both, when I change all strings at once is to do a deep cleaning and polishing, tightining my tuning head knobs and oiling my fret board (yes they do tend to dry). I also change strings one at a time as I do routine maintainence (as described above).
The suggestions made by other postees are viable as the string gauge comment but play the gauge string you are comfortable with and get your action set up to that gauge. When checking the straitness of your neck (which requires an 18" imperial steel straight ruler) other things to check for is a high fret (not seated properly on the finger board) or high spots on the frets themselves.
Typical acoustic guitar truss rods are located and accessed through the sound hole at the heal of the neck joint. Although my Guild and many other brands have access on the head stock under the truss rod cover.
Do not attempt to adjust the truss rod unless you have done so before or are experienced in guitar repair. You can snap the truss rod loosing the function of it to either relieve stress or straighten the neck. If this is done you have to take off the finger boart and ot the neck at the neck joint to replace it.
The cost of the repair would be as much as a new decent made acoustic.
Hope this helps.
Bootlegger.
Bootlegger guitars.
Not much help but I can tell you I've got the same problem. Have used the strings that came with my Tanglewood when I bougt it. They sounded good but all the tips says, change strings sometimes. They were about 5 month and played a lot. Changed to 20$ d'addigos (I know what you think of those DJIndustriez... <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_razz.gif" border=0 alt="Razz"> ). In my ears they sound crap compared to my old ones.
I changed one at a time. I of course play the guitar the same way as before. They are the same thickness as before. With my old ones you could finger the string almost anywhere on the fret. With the new ones I almost have to make contact whith the fretbar to get rid of the buzz (hard to make fast changes in those conditions).
Help someone, or I'll just chop them up and try with other strings.
/Missen
you can narrow it down by having some slide a piece of thin paper under your strings to find where your buzz is coming from while you hold the chord maybe one fret is just a touch high does it go away farther up the neck or get worse? keep in mind lighter gauge lighter tension heavy gauge heavy tension the best advise is take to a luther and have him check but the more you can tell him(her)the easier it will be to fix
randy
Mines are doing the same <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_sad.gif" border=0 alt="Sad">
Just changed my strings, never done it before so probably made a complete arse of it.
Hi
Had trouble with buzzing and vibration after changing strings for the first time on my Washburn EA16MBL with the built in tuner. It drove me up the wall for days in the end I tracked it down to the battery which is housed in the body of the guitar. I took the battery out and bingo it was cured no more odd sounds.
Ark
Dont think my acoustic has a battery <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif" border=0 alt="Laughing">
I had experienced two side to this dilemma. Firstly, the action of my guitar was never set correctly/comfortably and sounded dull and buzzy.
Then, out of plain old ignorance, I went from a heavier gauge string to a light gauge. While the light string had the sound I wanted, it played like sh*t beacause the origanal setup rendered the string too high off the fretboard.
I started looking into the truss rod and took heed of the tips not to mess with it. In the end, I took it to my local axeman (Allen's Music, Adelaide) and he did a full service and tune, got it sitting nicely at the bridge and fret for a light gauge.
He cleaned he whole thing, too and my acoustic has never played better. It sounds amazing. All up it cost $70.00 Australian dollars (probably $US0.75c <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_razz.gif" border=0 alt="Razz">). This include a new set of d'addario lights, a vacuum of my hardcase and courtesy phonecall to my office to let me know I could swan down in my lunch break to be re-united with my girl.
I would suggest that the investment is worth it if you have never had it done. Something to think about....
Another satisfied customer with a guitar properly set up. I bet as you said it plays great.
Bootlegger
Bootlegger guitars.
Hi again!
Had the Buzz-problem as you can see above. Last saturday I got totaly tired of it, went to my store, droped the guitar on the counter and asked him to put on some kind of more expensive strings.
He cut my 10$ D'addagios to pieces and put on a pakage of 35$ d'addagios. Man... Totaly new guitar. No buzzing (and they are only 3 days old), incredibly easy to play (light feeling, easy to press and still the same thickness), MUCH richer sound. Forgiving (finger the chord badly, if you're anywhere in the right fret, it sounds good). The rich sound makes it possible to fret "softer" and still get volume (softer fret, less buzz).
Try new string (maybe burn a couple of extra bucks on them) before you rebuild your entire guitar.
/Missen
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