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Slight buzzing on A string ?


Del Nilppeznaf

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This morning I noticed a slight buzzing coming from sound hole when the A string it plucked. Also when hit hard at 9th fret; and harmonic at 12.

 

from reading previous posts I understand this can be caused by change in humidity/temperature?

 

My question is; what exactly would be likely cause of the actual 'buzzing', as in what in the guitar is causing it? ( is it the bracing ) I'm not overly concerned ...yet... just interested in learning more.

also what is best solution?

Don't have a humidifier at the moment !!!!! I know i gotta get one :)

thanks

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it'll be a badly seated string ,

a loose brace (why just the A?)

a loose machine head part

cant be fret cos the harmonic causes it right ?

it'll be figured out by the end of the day when these guys wake up

but please , surely it doesnt need a humidifier ??

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it'll be a badly seated string ,

a loose brace (why just the A?)

a loose machine head part

cant be fret cos the harmonic causes it right ?

it'll be figured out by the end of the day when these guys wake up

but please , surely it doesnt need a humidifier ??

 

hi BBG

 

yea Im in the sunny N/W of Ireland ...haha

we know its wet as f**k here...but with heating on and cold outside.....? from what I've read here it this can cause problems. I also have thought I may not need one. I need to get hydromometer thingy.( cant spell the actual word).what tell what the actual humidity is.

cheap ones only seem to be available from UK.

 

I plan to get humidifier from thomann that sits in case and tells what humidity is also... My cottage is quite damp ... but I have a stove and oil heating.. so Im pretty sure it could cause problems.

 

It seems to me the wave length of the A harmonic/string is causing something inside the body of the guitar to buzz.... I have had the new guitar a week and only just started to happen..so.

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humidity'll be 95% rising to 125% sometimes :-)

 

thats the lovely hummingbird isnt it?

i hope its something simple . i imagine you have been round all the little nuts on the machineheads etc ? did you recently change strings? could the A not be seated corectly under the bridge ?

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humidity'll be 95% rising to 125% sometimes :-)

 

thats the lovely hummingbird isnt it?

i hope its something simple . i imagine you have been round all the little nuts on the machineheads etc ? did you recently change strings? could the A not be seated corectly under the bridge ?

 

 

Yea its a the Bird.. [thumbup]

 

Hadn't done string change... factory ones sounding real good, but loosened off string and pulled pin and end out, then replaced.

 

definitely improved buzzing.... though still there somewhat.

 

cheers

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I've had the same thing happen many times-in fact, it happened just the other day on my AJ! It's almost definitely a ball-end on your A-string not seating snugly against your bridgeplate and buzzing or rattling with the vibrations of the string. If it's not the ball-end on your A, it'll be another ball-end vibrating away sympathetically.

 

I'd recommend a string change, and make sure all your strings are stretched in hard and seated well at the bridge pins.

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