Buzz EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[Bluemoon]

I just changed the strings on my Les Paul. Same brand as before and same gauge. I am now getting a buzz on the low E--mostly open E.

 

So, could it be something to do with the new strings. Or, is it the weather--which dropped from about 70 during the day to 50 at night.

 

Thoughts?

[Flight959]

Could be how you did it also' date=' I never remove all my strings the same time. When you do that you remove the force that the truss bar is pulling against and depending on how long the change took you could have buzzing everywhere. Not to worry, give it a day it should (hopefully) return to its normal config and be buzzfree. [/quote']

 

I agree with guitarest however I would also add that temp makes a big difference with my Les Pauls evan a slight change in temp can make them buzz a little more some days than others. I also have very low action...

 

Flight959

[daveinspain]

Also might be, if you did take all the strings off at once, the bridge height adjustment wheels could have gotten moved with out you realizing it. When there is no tension on the bridge from the strings the adjustment wheels spin freely so the hight of your bidge may have changed... So either change the strings one at a time or tape down the adjustment wheels so they don't move...

[Bluemoon]

I wanted to clean the wood between the frets so I changed three at a time--the 6, 5, 4 first, cleaned the frets, then restrung it. And then removed 3, 2, 1, cleaned and restrung it.

 

I assumed that leaving three strings on would keep the bridge from moving.

[Les Paul Fanatic]

Weather, which as we all know can be a ***** to our guitars, seems like the culprit to blame in this situation.

[ChanMan]

I'd blame the Karma Gods and poltergeists....

 

 

ok, no. It's likely the season change.. I am starting to get some buzz on strings that didn't previously have any as well, and my action is also very low.

 

A temporary solution is to increase the distortion.... much like turning up the radio quiets a noise in the car....

 

 

 

 

Yeah, I know... "Some one help Chan get his helmet back on before he hurts himself......"

[Bluemoon]

Is it worth raising the bridge a little or wait to see if it stabilizes?

[ALIEN8]

I took apart my LP on the weekend and gave it the virtuoso treatment, I stripped everything from the body. I measured the bridge thumbscrew heights before I removed them, and re-installed after polishing. I went up one gauge in strings from .010 to .011 and put on elixirs.

 

I tuned it, found a small buzz on the low e, then raised the low E side ever so slightly, and lowered the high E side ever so slightly, and whammo, no buzz.

 

Speaking of poltergeists, it set my intonation perfectly after all of this. No truss adjustment, no intonation adjustment - even with different gauge and brand of strings!

[Murph]

What bridge is on it?

 

My ABR-1 rattles anytime it wants to.

 

Murph.

[Bluemoon]

Increased the height of the bridge. It stopped the buzzing. But now the action from about the 8th fret down is way too high. I am thinking it needs a neck adjustment--which is not something I want to do myself.

 

So it looks like a trip to my luthier is called for--which sucks because I just had it setup about 2 months ago. I also just got my new Fender Blues Junior NOS amp last night. So I was excited by that, but annoyed by the fact that I have to depart with my guitar for a few days.

[Bluemoon]

Got it fixed. Took it in. Turned out that when I had it setup they cut the nut too deep. They fixed the problem and did a new setup while I waited. Not sure why the issue didn't come to forefront until I changed the strings, though.

 

While I was there I asked them to tighten done the stop bar. Mine was really high. Wow, the difference is sustain is noticeable. It was a huge difference. It is important to note, though, that my stop bar was really high.