new guitar string buzzing

DeadChannel · 12-09-2014, 06:06 PM

Hey, so, the low E string on my guitar was broken (I know).
I went to get a new one at the local place, and decided to try and put it on the guitar myself, which isn't something I've done before.

Once I got the string on at home, I noticed a buzzing sound whenever I strummed it. Is there any reason why this could be happening?

The guitar is a yamaha acoustic

DeadChannel · 12-09-2014, 06:08 PM

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Chula Vista · 12-09-2014, 08:13 PM

Could be a number of reasons. Did you use the correct gauge string? Did you keep it nice and tight while you were winding it on the tuners? Where's the buzz coming from? The nut? The bridge? The fretboard?

More information needed.

DeadChannel · 12-09-2014, 08:20 PM

It sounds like it's coming from the nut mainly.
I think it's wound tightly enough.
Not sure if the gauge is right -- is I'll try to find what gauge the guitar came with on the internet.

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DeadChannel Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Canada Posts: 1,259	new guitar string buzzing Hey, so, the low E string on my guitar was broken (I know). I went to get a new one at the local place, and decided to try and put it on the guitar myself, which isn't something I've done before. Once I got the string on at home, I noticed a buzzing sound whenever I strummed it. Is there any reason why this could be happening? The guitar is a yamaha acoustic

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Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Could be a number of reasons. Did you use the correct gauge string? Did you keep it nice and tight while you were winding it on the tuners? Where's the buzz coming from? The nut? The bridge? The fretboard? More information needed. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

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12-09-2014, 08:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
DeadChannel Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Canada Posts: 1,259	It sounds like it's coming from the nut mainly. I think it's wound tightly enough. Not sure if the gauge is right -- is I'll try to find what gauge the guitar came with on the internet.