I have had my D-03R for about 6 weeks now. I bought it used and then sold my Seagull Artist Rosewood. I believe the guy said it had medium strings on it when i bought it from him. I put new D'Addario EJ19 Blueridge strings on it and all was well. Then just tonite i put new D'addario EXP16's on and it is buzzing alot, even without real hard playing. Also i just installed some new TUSQ pins.
Anyway, i was hoping that someone could please offer me some help. I am assuming that a truss rod adjustment should take care of it, but i do not have hardly any experience with working on a guitar. Any help would be greatly appreciated. It was already sounding so nice with the new strings, but the buzz is ruining it.
Thank you. christopher
Frets dot com is the site for guitar knowledge. Sounds like all you need is a trussrod adjusment. http://www.frets.com/FRETSPages/OwnerManual/manssguitar.html
I would suggest taking it to a good guitar tech though. The truss rod adjustment isn't too hard but if you're not sure that's it you should take it to someone.
I'm sure that all is needed is a truss rod adjustment. Since you took off mediums and the bluegrass strings, now you have a buzz with lights. Less pull on the neck has let it come back on you some = less relief.
Follow the directions at Frets.com and you can do it yourself with no problems. If you have any questions just fire away here.
Steve :GRN>
All good and correct advice. One other thought/factor - a dry guitar will sometimes start buzzing because as the guitar drys out the saddle sometimes drops a tiny bit. I don't know if this might be a factor?
A Guitar set up for medium or Bluegrass strings can have the action set much lower then one with light strings. Adjusting the relief on the neck might not be enough to stop the buzzing. The action may need to be raised as well. If you want to keep the lights on there and don't know alot about set up< I would take it to a tech and have them look at it. Just my $.02
Take to tech and have them go over it,ask if you can watch and learn a little. :POL>
I use 16's on all my guitars. Rule of thumb. Chose the strings then set-up for those. I'm sure you're fine here.
Get thee to the luthery..........
Thanks for the help!
I couldn't wait to go to the local guitar tech, so i pulled out the allen wrench. I did a little research on the frets.com and felt pretty sure that what i need was a truss rod adjustment. (Very informative site.)
That helped enough to be able to play and it sounded so nice with the new strings. I guess i need to change them out more often.
Anyway, thanks again and i do also plan to take the advice to take it to the luthier soon. I know that one of the previous guitars i had- i thought the setup was pretty nice, but when he was done it was much better.
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Another common source for buzz is the nut slots. Often when you change the guage of strings they don't sit properly if the nut was cut for a different size. If a string buzzes when played open but plays cleanly when you fret it in the first position, I would look in that direction.
As others have mentioned, having a good tech do a setup can really make all the difference in the world.