boyscout Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 On a new 2011 R9, string buzz on strings 6 & 5, and even occasionally string 4, with moderate to heavy play. No problem at all on strings 1-3. Buzzing seems to happen on the first or second fret higher (in pitch) than the one being played, after about the seventh fret, but I can't be sure, my eyes aren't great. Again, no problem AT ALL with strings 1-3, they can be set nice and low. Neck relief has been tried throughout its range, from .005 (as far as I want to push the rod) to .023 (when the nut is sloppy on the rod). Buzz improves slightly at .023... if I could take it to .035 I might kill the buzz and be able to shoot arrows with it too. The #6 string has been at various heights up to 6/64. The nut looks OK, haven't measured it but I have other Gibson customs and it looks similar. All the other guitars have been EASY to set up with relief of .010 or less and #6 string height of 4/64 to 5/64. What's different about this one? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosbig Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 On a new 2011 R9, string buzz on strings 6 & 5, and even occasionally string 4, with moderate to heavy play. No problem at all on strings 1-3. Buzzing seems to happen on the first or second fret higher (in pitch) than the one being played, after about the seventh fret, but I can't be sure, my eyes aren't great. Again, no problem AT ALL with strings 1-3, they can be set nice and low. Neck relief has been tried throughout its range, from .005 (as far as I want to push the rod) to .023 (when the nut is sloppy on the rod). Buzz improves slightly at .023... if I could take it to .035 I might kill the buzz and be able to shoot arrows with it too. The #6 string has been at various heights up to 6/64. The nut looks OK, haven't measured it but I have other Gibson customs and it looks similar. All the other guitars have been EASY to set up with relief of .010 or less and #6 string height of 4/64 to 5/64. What's different about this one? Thanks in advance. have the frets levelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyscout Posted November 12, 2012 Author Share Posted November 12, 2012 have the frets levelled. Thanks, but this is a months-old thread and the guitar is long gone, returned to the dealer. It did need fret leveling, at both top and bottom of the neck, and the neck/fretboard was unevenly-shaped, not things I was going to pay to fix on a brand-new guitar. It went back, and the dealer was snotty and resistive to the end. I bought another 2011 R9 days later and it was and is just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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