Annoying overtones and buzzing

Cliff Oliver · Post by **Cliff Oliver** » 4 Dec 2003 10:26 pm

Yeah, don't beat 'em, join 'em. I am for the buzz. The Indians had the same problem with the original Sitar. Originally it was fairly clean sounding, they couldnt get rid of some the strings buzzing, so they made 'em all buzz.
I am switching to all .010's on my lapsteel. Call me "Ravi". He gets the chicks.

Steinar Gregertsen · Post by **Steinar Gregertsen** » 9 Dec 2003 8:48 am

EUREKA!!!!

I got my Red Rajah bar from Rick today, and besides being the fastest bar I've ever played, it really does reduce the noises!

I've A/B'ed it with my SP2, in the most troublesome areas, and I would say it reduces the high freq 'whistling' or 'squealing' on the first string with as much as 50%. It is a very noticeable difference, and with the Rajah it is down to an 'acceptable' level, meaning it doesn't drive me crazy any more.

The buzzing in the low register is the same though... Which means it is probably caused by other factors, and I'll keep going through my 'checklist'.

Steinar

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Dwight Mark · Post by **Dwight Mark** » 9 Dec 2003 5:55 pm

You know, the Mandolin Cafe Forum has a mandolin pick tour, where they sent a bunch of picks around to forum members and let them post their assessments. Maybe we should get a bunch of slides together and have a slide tour.

Dwight

Steinar Gregertsen · Post by **Steinar Gregertsen** » 9 Dec 2003 7:06 pm

Actually, that's not such a bad idea (is that really you Dwight?).

We could at least appoint a 'jury' of the most experienced forum members and have a 'shoot-out' of the various steel bars.

You do realize that the 'Slipperyslides' from Lapdancer has a 'sitar' side to it, don't you? I've meant to order one for a long long time but hasn't got around to it yet (sorry Loni..).

Steinar

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Dwight Mark · Post by **Dwight Mark** » 9 Dec 2003 9:02 pm

Yes, it's really me. I know you started this discussion with "Hi Pros" and I answered anyway, but sometimes I have a good idea... We'll have to find a way to coordinate this...

Dwight