IcedTea Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Hello all, i've finally made the jump from a ltd ec-1000 to the real thing, a Les Paul 50's in Iced tea.. but there's a problem :) lots and lots of buzz! not really but in some places yes, the guitar is new from 2012 but i find in lower strings it buzzes and high strings don't have the sustain my Standard SG does.. i've done some minor tune ups my self adjusting intonation and heights but no go... i want a lower smooth action with no buzz do i need a luther Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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crazytrain513 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 You may need to file down your nut. Personally this isn't an issue for me but I hear many say this was their solution. Also, did you change your string gauge by chance? Bc I believe your guitar comes set up for 10s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcedTea Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share Posted December 4, 2012 You may need to file down your nut. Personally this isn't an issue for me but I hear many say this was their solution. Also, did you change your string gauge by chance? Bc I believe your guitar comes set up for 10s. i put ernie ball 10's on there but no go as well, the buzz is minor on just some frets not unbearable but for filing down the nut, how does that go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stein Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 You may want to either take it to a luthier, or watch a buttload of youtube vids to educate yourself. Trying to "diagnose" or guess over the internet is hardly possible, but trying to explain everything is impossible. The idea behing filing down the nut, basically it is to get the strings as close as possible to the fretbaord where the strings go through the slots, AND to do it in such a fashion as to not have strings binding cause tuning issues, If the frets that buzz are mostly playing the middle of the neck, that is an indication it is buzzing on the upper frets. Straighen the neck and raise the bridge to compensate. If you get strings buzzing playing the lower frets, it's likely buzzing on the middle of the neck. Give the neck a little more relief and lower the bridge to compensate. To get proper intonation, you may have to reverse the saddle. This is normal. Also, when checking and adjusting intonation, check ALL the frets and find the best happy medium. Don't just do the open string and 12th fret. Usually, the nut will be a little further off than the frets, and thus the worst place to adjust to. A high nut will cause you to have to put more pressure on the string the closer to the nut you play. So, if when checking intonation by checking each fret, AND it gets sharper as you get close to the nut, that's usually a good indication the nut being too high is causing it. Hope some of this is helpful at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcedTea Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share Posted December 4, 2012 You may want to either take it to a luthier, or watch a buttload of youtube vids to educate yourself. Trying to "diagnose" or guess over the internet is hardly possible, but trying to explain everything is impossible. The idea behing filing down the nut, basically it is to get the strings as close as possible to the fretbaord where the strings go through the slots, AND to do it in such a fashion as to not have strings binding cause tuning issues, If the frets that buzz are mostly playing the middle of the neck, that is an indication it is buzzing on the upper frets. Straighen the neck and raise the bridge to compensate. If you get strings buzzing playing the lower frets, it's likely buzzing on the middle of the neck. Give the neck a little more relief and lower the bridge to compensate. To get proper intonation, you may have to reverse the saddle. This is normal. Also, when checking and adjusting intonation, check ALL the frets and find the best happy medium. Don't just do the open string and 12th fret. Usually, the nut will be a little further off than the frets, and thus the worst place to adjust to. A high nut will cause you to have to put more pressure on the string the closer to the nut you play. So, if when checking intonation by checking each fret, AND it gets sharper as you get close to the nut, that's usually a good indication the nut being too high is causing it. Hope some of this is helpful at least. thanks for all the info man, i'm going to try to find a good local guitar tech and bring him some business since i've never done anything to advanced with guitars and i don't want to bust my new LEs paul neck adjusting the trust rod, thanks much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcedTea Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 so i brought it to Bernie hamburger, he's done the guitars for white snake, Beatles and much more hes a local famous Luther here in las vegas he ended up leveling my frets, re crowning, truss rod adjustment, intonation adjustment he also reapplies lacquer and buffed out a ding in my neck, im very pleased thanks all for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 so i brought it to Bernie hamburger, he's done the guitars for white snake, Beatles and much more hes a local famous Luther here in las vegas he ended up leveling my frets, re crowning, truss rod adjustment, intonation adjustment he also reapplies lacquer and buffed out a ding in my neck, im very pleased thanks all for your help There ya go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vega1 Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 so i brought it to Bernie hamburger, he's done the guitars for white snake, Beatles and much more hes a local famous Luther here in las vegas he ended up leveling my frets, re crowning, truss rod adjustment, intonation adjustment he also reapplies lacquer and buffed out a ding in my neck, im very pleased thanks all for your help Nice, glad you got it sorted. I have the identical guitar and absolutely love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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