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Topic: a strange buzz |
mickd
From:
london,england
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Posted 13 Jan 2005 1:01 pm |
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Just recently, my string 2 has started to make a buzzing noise.
The funny thing is, this only happens when I engage the lever that lowers this string a semitone. If I play the string with no lever engaged, its fine. Even weirder, its also fine when I engage the lever that lowers the string a whole tone. The position of the bar makes no difference. The same thing happens if I play the string open, with no bar.
Now I bet the problem will go away once I change the string (*) but I'd like to know whats going on here. Any ideas ?
(* its over a year old - I know, I should change strings more often, but on my keyless Sierra Session they just never break, and I'm lazy. The exception is string 9, with the severe B->D pull. This breaks about once every 6 months, and always at the changer end) |
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Earnest Bovine
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Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 13 Jan 2005 1:10 pm
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| Try loosening the string and wiping the schmutz off the string and the changer. |
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Ron !
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Posted 13 Jan 2005 1:30 pm
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Mick.
What kind of Pup do you use?
Maybe the magnetic field thats around the second pin got mixed up in some way.
Must be a TT or a BL pick up ey?
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| its over a year old |
Doesnot have to be the reason for the buzz.
Ron
Nikaro SD10 4x6
E.S.G.F.[This message was edited by Ronald Steenwijk on 13 January 2005 at 01:32 PM.] |
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mickd
From:
london,england
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Posted 13 Jan 2005 3:41 pm
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The pickup is the standard Sierra slide-in one (whatever that is). Can't see how it could be down to the p/u - surely if it were that, then the problem wouldnt only appear when a particular lever is engaged ?
The other strings (except for #9) are just as old/dirty, so same question applies..
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 13 Jan 2005 6:15 pm
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| Old strings make bad noises. Change them! |
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Jim Peters
From:
St. Louis, Missouri, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 13 Jan 2005 6:51 pm
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| change the string. JP |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 13 Jan 2005 6:53 pm
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| Bobby speaks the truth. Most of these problems turn out to be bad strings, or dirt or damage at the top of the bridge. (The old {unwound} strings sometimes make wacky sounds a day or two before they break!) [This message was edited by Donny Hinson on 13 January 2005 at 06:55 PM.] |
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Jim Eaton
From:
Santa Susana, Ca
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Posted 14 Jan 2005 9:36 am
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Changing the string is a good idea and will probably fix the problem, but I have seen a few of these be related to the nut roller for that string that only buzz at a certin tension/note. FWIT
JE:-)> |
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mickd
From:
london,england
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Posted 14 Jan 2005 12:48 pm
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actually, I'm getting to quite like the sound - its a bit like a wah-wah pedal 
OK. I'll change the string  |
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Scott Appleton
From:
Ashland, Oregon
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Posted 15 Jan 2005 12:20 pm
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If you only play on an avarage of 1 hour per week then change the strings every 6 months. If you play an hour every day and gig out at least once a week
change the whole set every month. I notice there is a vast improvement in clarity and tone when i do that.
They may not look bad but they do loose that clean
sharp tone we all love in about 40 hours of use. I have seen some posts from pro's who change thier strings once a week.
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