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buzzing D string update

Posted 2013-05-04 10:03 AM (#470183)
Subject: buzzing D string update

Joined:
November 2012
Posts: 135

Location: New Bern, NC

Well, I was right that the buzz was coming from around the bridge/body of the guitar and not the frets. The guys at my local music store tell me my buzzing D seems to be coming from something around/under the preamp. They have contacted Ovation about it and Ovation is sending them something like a rubber gasket(?) or something like that to put around/under whatever it is to eliminate the buzz. I didn't quite follow what the guy was saying, since I NEVER deal with the guts of my guitar.

Yeah, I totally need one of you guys to literally stand by me to give me more confidence about sticking my hands inside there to do something other than change the battery.

FlySig

Posted 2013-05-05 10:20 AM (#470198 - in reply to #470183)
Subject: Re: buzzing D string update

Joined:
October 2005
Posts: 4067

Location: Utah

Start small and slow. You'll get confidence to move to bigger projects. Take the hatch cover off the back and look around. Reinstall the hatch cover. Or tweak the truss rod a quarter turn tighter and see how it plays.

SOBeach

Posted 2013-05-07 5:27 PM (#470268 - in reply to #470183)
Subject: RE: buzzing D string update

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April 2010
Posts: 823

Location: sitting at my computer

Meredith, I just discovered these videos by Adam Turbiner, Ovation Product Specialist

Maybe they'll help boost your (and others) DIY confidence a bit.

Adjusting the action of an Ovation guitar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JepfhqFXB-8

Truss Rod Adjustments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv_dsK5Jmkw