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Location: Michigan | I was playing the UTE a few days ago and noticed a buzz when I capo at fret 7 (playing open). Weird thing was it was only on the G string? Mmm....took off the capo and fretted the G string alone and no buzz. Played a barr chord at 7 and fretted the G string at 9 and got a buzz. Again when fretting the G string alone I got no buzz. I figured maybe a brace was loose or some wires were touching at just the right frequency. Check that and all was fine. I was stumped until by accident I rolled my thumb over onto the low E string on the nut side of the capo and bingo no buzz. I could put the capo on the first 5 strings at 7 and 9 without a problem so It had to be the E string. I had lowered the nut slot but did not get any buzz when playing open so I thought I was OK. Wrong. There was just enough vibration from the G string only to cause the Low E to buzz at the first fret (even though I was not playing the low E string). Never thought it possible. I built up the slot and all is OK although I will have to replace the nut at sometime, but it works for now. Sometimes I just dig myself into holes that drive me crazy. |
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