• Registered: 2008-11-24
  • Posts: 1

Topic: Fret buzz

A newbie here and hello to everyone.

I bought a Fender D8s starter guitar to learn on. I just put lighter strings on it in an effort to give my fingers a break (Ernie Ball, extra light). Now I get buzzing on the d and g strings, which I anticipated might happen.

Assuming that I want to keep these strings on, how does one compensate for this to eliminate buzzing? 

Thanks for the help.

Don

  • From: A black hole in deep space
  • Registered: 2007-10-28
  • Posts: 7,865

Re: Fret buzz

well you may have to adjust the string height at the bridge and it may require a truss rod adjustment after but I would strart with raising the height of the strings at the bridge first and if the intonation is ok that may be all the adjusting you will  have to do smile

oso2you wrote:

A newbie here and hello to everyone.

I bought a Fender D8s starter guitar to learn on. I just put lighter strings on it in an effort to give my fingers a break (Ernie Ball, extra light). Now I get buzzing on the d and g strings, which I anticipated might happen.

Assuming that I want to keep these strings on, how does one compensate for this to eliminate buzzing? 

Thanks for the help.

Don

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  • Registered: 2007-04-25
  • Posts: 551

Re: Fret buzz

I had some buzzing going on with my Rogue, and it wasn't the strings, but the tuners were loose.  A screwdriver fixed that, and it sounds great again.

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