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Location: UPSTATE NY | Who no's an easy way to adjust action on the bridge
CC 245 ??
been real sweet & easy but now A 3rd fret buzzzz
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Location: Milford, MI | Humidity problem? Or maybe a minor truss rod tweek due to the season change?
If it has been playing good up until now I would look for the cause of the problem before raising the action to mask it. Hope you figure it out. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | "Who no's an easy way to adjust action on the bridge"
Put a shim under the saddle. Credit card material works.
But if you have a buzz at the third fret you might want to check to see if your fourth or fifth fret is lifting up.
I have had that happen to me at around the eighth fret, and it was because the ninth fret was lifting.
As a repair, folks recommended a rubber hammer....
I actually ended-up pushing the offending fret down with my thumb (very hard). |
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Location: Utah | Crofty, welcome aboard. Rule 1 is you have to post pictures of your guitar...
A buzz on the 3rd fret doesn't sound like a bridge adjustment. I'm with tremor on the possibility of a humidity problem. Many of us here have a humidifier in the house to keep the humidity at 40% to 60%, others use an in-the-case humidifier. If your house is dry I would suggest humidifying the guitar.
If you look down the frets, is there one that seems to stand up too high, or is there a lot of wear in some of the frets? How is the relief on the neck? Capo at the 1st and 13th frets, then see how much space is between the bottom of the strings and the top of the 6th fret. There should be a little tiny gap there. If you strum aggressively you'll want more space, if you play gently you can get away with just a small gap. If there is no gap then your neck is too flat, too little relief. The truss rod needs a small tweak, loosening it. Try up to 1/4 turn, then wait until tomorrow to see where it settles. You should leave it tuned to pitch during the adjustment, and it is fine to play it in the meantime.
If there is buzzing on the frets above 12, you would want to raise the bridge. But dryness can cause the top to shrink down a bit, causing that buzzing on the high frets. Seasonal adjustments to the truss rod and bridge are common even if you humidify. There are shims under the bridge saddle. Pull one out to lower the saddle, or put another in to raise it. You can use an old credit card as shim material, or email the factory and they'll send you some. |
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Location: Utah | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
[QB the ninth fret was lifting.
As a repair, folks recommended a rubber hammer....
I actually ended-up pushing the offending fret down with my thumb (very hard). [/QB] OMA, I am not one to know, but... my Adamas had two frets around the 15th or so that had a slight buzz, and I like my action low. Both frets were ever so slightly high and so I gently tapped them using a piece of 1x1 wood on the fret and a small hammer. It didn't really fix the problem. My luthier was pretty disgusted with me when I mentioned it to him, saying that attempting such a thing can put the whole area out of whack if part of the fret ends up too low.
In the end I filed and recrowned the two frets and it is now perfect.
So I would just advise caution and care when hammering high frets. |
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