bill67 Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 When you have a ping come from one string is that usually the bridge or the nut,I have 2 epiphones and i get that on both of them.Thats when you strum it kind of hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el capitan Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 It might be the fret in front of the ping note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el capitan Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Don't mention it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill67 Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 Its only on open strings and I don't believe its the first fret.I use 12 or 13 strings,Its alway on the B string on more than one guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggy Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 It's usually the nut BUT it could be either the string settling at the bridge pin (might have been pinched and not pulled into place when you strung the guitar) or the pin itself lifting a fraction. I'd give the nut slots a quick run through with a bit of old string (obviously guitar string and size appropriate to each slot used as a file), lube (bit of pencil in the slot works just fine), detune the offending string and reposition it at the bridge pin then retune and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarLight Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 At this time of winter heating season. with very low humidity, below 40% in your home, sometimes buzzing and ping can occur because your guitar top has dried out, pulling the strings closer to the fret board. Also, low humidity can cause the neck to move..often backward..which also brings strings closer to the fret board, causing such things as ping and string buzz. It does not take much movement, and may not be easy to see with the eye, but very small shifts in the wood, due to low humidity, or high humidity can cause a good guitar to go out of whack, leaving the owner wondering what went wrong. Proper humidity as measured by a hygrometer (walmart, or radio shack) should be between 45% and 50% either inside the room or inside the case, or both. That level humidity in the guitar wood will stabilize the wood and neck from shifting. Wood is exactly a kitchen sink sponge. It swells when wet, and it shrinks and dries when it becomes dried out. I suspect if your home is heated, your humidity has become consistently low, causing the possible problems of ping you mention. Rectify the humidity, by adding a guitar humidifier to your case, and, or room, and measure it by the digital hygrometer. Only then should neck adjustments be made, or other alterations, such as nut slot filing, or bridge lowering be done, because once a guitar is returned to the proper humidity level, it will come back to normal. It may take a week or to restore the humidity to the wood of your guitar during the humidification restoration period. Take care not to OVER humidify as this will make more problems as well....that's the reason for the digital hygrometer...to monitor a 45% to 55% condition. Good luck! ....Cold winters..and dry winter heating can create Havoc on wood guitars, and even damage them irreversibly. And it can occur quite often to any acoustic guitar during heating season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill67 Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 Its not the weather,I'm 99% sure its not frets I thing its in the bridge but don't know how to fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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