TonyN. Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Hi! New here. Gotta question. Just got a new SG. LOVE IT! It played really well but now that the weather is warming up, plus I went to lighter gauge strings (8's) I get a fret buzz at the 2nd fret on low E and A string. Put a straight edge on the fret board and it is absolutely, perfectly straight. There should be a little curve, shouldn't there be? Raised my bridge but had to go pretty high to stop the fret buzz. Upon taking off the cover for the truss rod I noticed there is a little hole between the nut the strings go over and the truss rod nut. Is there a hex nut down in that hole keeping the rod from moving? If so, what size allen wrench/key do I use? Attached is a picture of the hole north of the nut the strings go over and the truss nut. Thanks for ANY help! Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 No, there is not anything down there, it is just a screw hole. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyN. Posted May 9, 2013 Author Share Posted May 9, 2013 Thanks rct! BTW, do you think the fret board should be absolutely level or shouldn't there be a little curve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Hi Tony, as I experienced over the years, string action had to be increased with decreasing string gauge on every guitar I dealt with it. My SGs permit less string action than all of my other guitars when using strings of the same make. I play .011" to .050" on most of my hardtail guitars and .010" to .046" on those with Floyd Rose vibrato systems. However, my Weimann strung with .012" to .054" provides the smallest string action without fret buzz. Since about fourteen years I exclusively play roundwounds but I think I may go back to flatwound .012" to .056" on my Weimann soon. By the way, flatwounds do allow for considerably less string action compared to roundwounds of same gauge but I think flatwounds won't be in your favour - just supposing by probability. Moreover, they are feasible in medium and higher gauges only. At the moment, I play flatwounds on one of my two SG Standard basses while I use bright roundwounds on the other one. Finally, when I started playing guitar I used lighter string gauges and ended up with heavier strings a few years later. For a while, I played .012" on all my guitars but changed to the setup mentioned above about twelve years ago. On all of my stringed instruments I adjust the truss rod so that the neck is curved by .001" to .002" at the ninth fret when strings are depressed at the first and the 22nd fret, and .003" to .004" on basses at the eighth fret when strings are depressed at the first and the 19th fret. With best regards, capmaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Hi! New here. Gotta question. Just got a new SG. LOVE IT! It played really well but now that the weather is warming up, plus I went to lighter gauge strings (8's) I get a fret buzz at the 2nd fret on low E and A string. Put a straight edge on the fret board and it is absolutely, perfectly straight. There should be a little curve, shouldn't there be? Raised my bridge but had to go pretty high to stop the fret buzz. Upon taking off the cover for the truss rod I noticed there is a little hole between the nut the strings go over and the truss rod nut. Is there a hex nut down in that hole keeping the rod from moving? If so, what size allen wrench/key do I use? Attached is a picture of the hole north of the nut the strings go over and the truss nut. Thanks for ANY help! Tony That's just the anchor hole, for the bottom screw, that holds the TRC in place. There's nothing underneath it, for adjustments...just more wood. CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyN. Posted May 9, 2013 Author Share Posted May 9, 2013 Thanks capmaster! Much appreciated! I used to play 12's but kept going down to 10's then 9's even down to 7's but came up to 8's. For me the 8's are just so dang easy to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyN. Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 Thanks everyone. I adjusted the truss rod, let it set overnight, adjusted my bridge height and we are good to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rutherford Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 With every new guitar the nice folks at Gibson supply a nifty little gadget to adjust the truss rod with. Didn't you get one ? Check out your gig bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyN. Posted May 23, 2013 Author Share Posted May 23, 2013 Hi John, Yes I got one. It was in my guitar case. Everything is fine now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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