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Location: New York, NY | How do I raise the action a slight bit on my strings? I'm getting some fret buzzing on the bass side strings and it's driving me crazy. Recently had a set up so I don't really want to go pay for another one.
I like to play'em but don't have a clue about work'in on em.
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | raise the bridge a bit by placing a small slice of a credit card or something similar under the bass side. |
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Location: Waxahachie, Tx | You could also, check the Relief first, before adding shims, might be just a twist of the "OLE truss rod" Ovation Manual
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I would have suggested that first but since he said he had just had a professional setup, I assumed his guitar tech would have checked that.
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Location: cincinnati, ohio | If you DO adjust the truss rod, of course, go SLOW-- 1/8th turn increments max. It usually doesn't take much at all to take buzz out (or put it in). Give it a tweak and check for buzzing. |
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Location: Scotland | Originally posted by stephent28:
I would have suggested that first but since he said he had just had a professional setup, I assumed his guitar tech would have checked that.
.......but you never know. [/QUOTE
There's a ton of allegedly "pro" guitar techs out there who think a great set-up is as low and light as possible, and don't take into account the instrument or player.
Last few times I've had the frets dressed on any of my guitars I've had to raise the action and back off the rod when I got them back, DESPITE the fact the techs were told not to fuck with the relief or the action at the bridge. |
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Location: New York, NY | Thanks all. I'm going to give the truss rod a try first... though I got a set up by a very well known NYC luthier (Richie Baxt, for those in the NYC area) but maybe it's gone out of wack since then. If not, I'll try the shims.
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I think Paul T nailed it. Baxt has a good rep, but ... he's trying to make it as low as possible, which you really don't want. You want it just right, so get out your truss rod and crank it a 1/4 turn. Let it rest a day or two before you pass judgment, so that the truss rod can settle in. Give it another 1/4 turn if that doesnt work. Let it rest. If that doesn't work, crank it back down and put in another shim. If that doesn't work, then crank it up a 1/4 turn etc. Keep repeating till you get it right. Do a search here on setups. It's been hashed over before. |
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