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kurt28 · 02-08-2013, 03:56 PM

I bought a used fender guitar (acoustic/electric) and it has some buzzing going on when I play it which drives me nuts. There seems to be certain spots on the fret board where I get a lot of buzzing, and usually on the A string.

I took it to a guitar shop where they also repair guitars and had them look at it. The guy said it had a slight bow in the neck so he tightened the truss rod just a bit to straighten the neck. But, it didn't fix the problem.

I got to thinking - wouldn't that make the buzzing even worse if you tighten the rod because that would straighten the neck bringing the strings even closer to the fretboard. If there's buzzing going on then it must be that the sting that's buzzing is hitting on the next fret up from where you are fretting right? I was thinking that I should loosen the neck a bit to get the strings to come out a hair. Wouldn't that fix the buzzing problem?

Thanks

02-08-2013, 03:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
kurt28 Groupie Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 10	How do you fix a guitar that buzzes? I bought a used fender guitar (acoustic/electric) and it has some buzzing going on when I play it which drives me nuts. There seems to be certain spots on the fret board where I get a lot of buzzing, and usually on the A string. I took it to a guitar shop where they also repair guitars and had them look at it. The guy said it had a slight bow in the neck so he tightened the truss rod just a bit to straighten the neck. But, it didn't fix the problem. I got to thinking - wouldn't that make the buzzing even worse if you tighten the rod because that would straighten the neck bringing the strings even closer to the fretboard. If there's buzzing going on then it must be that the sting that's buzzing is hitting on the next fret up from where you are fretting right? I was thinking that I should loosen the neck a bit to get the strings to come out a hair. Wouldn't that fix the buzzing problem? Thanks