cwf52 Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 I just bought a new Epiphone Emperor Regent. It's my first Epi & I'm very pleased with it so far. It's very nicely made, cosmetically quite attractive, plays well & sounds fine both unplugged & amplified. However, there's a group of buzzes/sympathetic vibrations that are annoying enough to be bothersome while playing. I've tightened every screw (did find a couple of loose ones), the output jack nut and volume/tone pot nuts. I'm wondering if it could be the internal wiring harness. It seems to be attached to the inside top with some sort of double-sided tape cable tie. I'd be grateful if anyone has any suggestions/other avenues to explore to silence or dampen these vibrations? Thanks. Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layboomo Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Sometimes those little buzzes can drive you nuts! I would suspect the pickup mounting springs and those are easily replaced with some surgical rubber tubing that won't vibrate like the springs can. A poor fit on the wood bridge base can also cause buzzing. Best of luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookelputz Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Sometimes those little buzzes can drive you nuts! I would suspect the pickup mounting springs and those are easily replaced with some surgical rubber tubing that won't vibrate like the springs can. A poor fit on the wood bridge base can also cause buzzing. Best of luck! My Byrdland has a harmonic buzz in the low E string below the bridge and before the trapeze whenever I play any A below middle C. Drives me nuts! I can weave a pipecleaner between the strings and the buzz goes away. And I'll never, ever let anyone see that guitar with something stuck in the strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubstar Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 my joe pass had a neck pick-up that would vibrate on certain frequencies...temporarily solved with a picked wedged in the side and now a piece of foam that is not visible unless you look closely... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layboomo Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 my joe pass had a neck pick-up that would vibrate on certain frequencies...temporarily solved with a picked wedged in the side and now a piece of foam that is not visible unless you look closely... You should try the surgical tubing trick....it really works! I recommend it on all hollow and semi-hollowbodies with this problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubstar Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 thanks...might eventually drop vintage '59s in, as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeko Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Nice choice in guitars - one of my favorites! Check the truss rod. Can't hurt, might help. Have you had the guitar professionally set up? I recommend it. And how about a few pictures of that beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suho Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Tubing won't help on the Emperor Regent, because the pup is mounted to the neck directly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubstar Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 forgot about that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layboomo Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 forgot about that... Ooops me too ...I was thinking Zepher not Emperor....sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwf52 Posted August 1, 2008 Author Share Posted August 1, 2008 Thanks for all the tips and advice. Over the past few days I've done some detective work & think I've found the source(s) for the buzz on my guitar: 1) Pickguard mounted tone pot touches top. Added stick-on felt pad to underside of pot. 2) Internal cable mounting clips. One is on a brace, another on the underside of the top. These are made of metal and one section-kind of a finger- is bent over to hold the cable. This method puts metal against metal. These seem to sympathetically vibrate with certain pitches. Temporary fix is to bend one section of clip "finger" away from the mounting base. Will probably replace with plastic clips at some point. 3) Some pickguard pot wiring/components were touching top-bent up out of the way. These have seemed to fix the buzz(es). Guitar sounds clean both acoustically & when plugged in. Oh, the "E" stick-on pickguard logo has fallen off after on 5 weeks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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