Kay reso adjustment

Ron Victoria · From: New Jersey, USA

My friend asked me have a look at his Kay reso guitar. Several upper strings make a buzz in the cone. Do all resos have an adjusting screw? The bridge is in 2 pieces but touching each other. I could loosen the strings and separate them if there is a screw under there.

thanks, Ron

Dave Thier · From: Fairhope, Alabama, USA

I'm not familiar with Kay resos, but assuming it is a spider bridge type instrument, buzzing at the cone can be caused by several things, including cone not seated correctly, spider not level and contacting the cone on all legs, or a loose tension screw. There are others, but these are common.

All of these should be checked, but be careful with the tension screw. It should be tightened no more than 1/2 turn after it engages or you can collapse the cone. Gregg McKenna has an excellent section on troubleshooting buzzes and rattles here:
http://www.mckennaguitars.com/setup_repairs.htm
Scroll down past the photos. Good luck.

Dave

Jason Hull · Posted 25 Feb 2010 3:10 pm

Stewart-MacDonald is a good source for resonator guitar setup:

http://www.stewmac.com/freeinfo/String_action_and_setup/i-4006.html

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