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[nagukush]

Hi Friends !

I'm experiencing a strange BUZZ while I finger pick the 'D' String. The buzz remains till the 4th Fret and is a bit normal from 5th onwards. I'm attaching a sound file of the BUZZ i'm getting. I feel its a strange buzz, that is is kind of annoying, very subtle and sounds like the one we hear "WHEN WE HAVE SOME DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING, WE CAN HEAR A MILD BUZZ (I hope I'm being clear).

It sounds after a fraction of playing the note.

Sorry for the Irritating sound file, but kindly help me, where the problem may be. The other strings sound fine, and this variation just wont let me play, its very distracting.

Kind me Friends.

Regds

Kush

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[nowhere-man]

Kush, I'm not experienced as you know, so I can't be much help.
I wonder if it's because the string is old and needs replacing, or if you have an uneven fret that the string is vibrating against. Just my 5 cents worth.

I bet you won't have to wait long for some educated answers!

Good luck,
Geoff

[Lcjones]

Kush,

Others more qualified may be able to answer better than I have .........

My first question is, do you hear this "buzz" on any other string and if so, at what fret.
And my second question is, what gauge strings are on this guitar? Perhaps stepping up to a heavier gauge string will remove the concern.

SEEK A QUALIFIED LUTHIER IF YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH TRUSS ROD ADJUSTMENTS

If you have it available, get a straight edge, and place it on the fretboard between the strings from the nut to the bridge. The straight edge will help determine if there is a "high spot" on the neck causing the buzz. If you place the straight edge on the fret board and it does not rock back and forth and you can see between the straight edge and the fret board, your neck is "too loose" and requires an adjustment of the truss rod to tighten it up. If, on the otherhand, the straight edge does rock, then your neck needs to be loosened up a bit to remove the high spot.

Check your fret wire to be sure one hasn't started to "pull up" and away from the fret board. If a fret has started to pull up, you can "gently" tap it back down into place.

Les

[Ultimate Garage Band]

Is it doing it when open or only when fretted? Are you fretting directly behind the fret or further back? Is the hardware on your tuning pegs tight?

[nagukush]

Hi UGB ! I'm freting just behind the Fret (I'm sure I'm doing it right) and this buzzing is coming even when its played open, and till the 4th fret (when played till the 4th fret) and after that its not. I'm not sure about the tuning machines, How should i check that ?

I cant take it to a technician, as there are'nt any here:( All the other strings sound fine.

Regds

Kush

[Ultimate Garage Band]

Usually, when the buzz is that low in the fret numbers, ie under the 5th, that means to need to add relief via the truss rod which is the easiest adjustment to make. You can see the thread on that. To check your peg hardware just make sure the nuts and screws are tight, if they use nuts, or even if they rattle when you shake the guitar.

[Donna Matrix]

With the guitar in playing position, hold the 13 fret with your little finger, right hand, and hold down the first fret with your left hand. ( I know you're right handed, I've seen the pictures of your guitars! ) Now tap the string (sorry, I should have pointed out Low 'E') aroung the 7th fret. There should be some 'bounce'. Only 1-2 mm. Assuming that there is some bounce, now try the 'D' string.
What's happening is, the string HAS to be straight and the bounce shows you how much neck relief there is.
The truss rod alteration is easy to do, but I have so many repairs in from people who have simply overdone it. As you look at the truss rod nut, be it at the headstock end or body end turn it to the left (as if you're unscrewing a screw) NO MORE THAN A QUARTER OF A TURN. Sometimes the change will be evident immediately, sometimes you may have to wait until tomorrow, but don't turn it again. If the guitar was fine before and this doesn't fix it, it isn't the problem.
Take a cigarette rolling paper and put it in the nut, under the problem string. You may have to fold it a couple of times to raise the string enough, but if this cures your buzz then the nut slot has simply worn away.
I hope that the truss rod adjustment works, because it's a far easier job than making a new nut. Hope this helps, let us all know.

[harles]

I had this problem, damn right.

For me it was the machine heads themselves, the screws on the twiddily things (not under the machine head, the bit you hold to turn it) were not tightened properly and the sound was exactly like 'fret buzz' but was in fact the screws rattiling in the machine head, amazing i know.

try this website if tightning the screws doesn't work http://schrammguitars.com/buzz.html