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Jul 9 2007, 04:55 AM
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Ok this is my new guitar. Rgr 521 Ex2 (Ibanez), and well ive had to for more than 2 months. Still new to me
 , but im having some problems.I have some fret buzz. On the G string. Around the 9th fret. Which thats where it is really bad. It just developed this problem. In the last couple of weeks. How can i fix this?? New strings? Raise the action?? All of the strings are the same action. So why does it not occur on the other strings?? 
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Number of downloads: 201And another problem. There is some rust i think. The springs on the bridge. I think ineed to just take it in!! 
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). The rust I maybe more help on. Where in your house are you keeping your guitar? The reason I ask is when I was in high school my bedroom was in the basement. The humidity level was higher and I noticed rust starting to show up on the guitar that I had. I put a couple of packs of Silica Gel in the case and that stopped the rust from going any further. Hope this helps.
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Jul 10 2007, 03:06 AM
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I'm not sure how much trouble it's going to be but those springs are what helps you set your intonation. You would probably need to remove the bridge (I believe it's all connected
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Jul 10 2007, 03:28 AM
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QUOTE (Ryan @ Jul 9 2007, 04:55 AM)  Ok this is my new guitar. Rgr 521 Ex2 (Ibanez), and well ive had to for more than 2 months. Still new to me , but im having some problems.I have some fret buzz. On the G string. Around the 9th fret. Which thats where it is really bad. It just developed this problem. In the last couple of weeks. How can i fix this?? New strings? Raise the action?? All of the strings are the same action. So why does it not occur on the other strings??
Video_9.avi ( 5.47MB )
Number of downloads: 201And another problem. There is some rust i think. The springs on the bridge. I think ineed to just take it in!! Ryan, If this guitar is only a few months old or you bought it used without this issue, I would expect there is no reason to buy new components for it. Just get it cleaned up as soon as possible so the rust does not continue to eat away at the metal. I know it may be a hassle but if you can not keep it upstairs then you need to take some precautions with the humidity especially with the summer heat and humidity likely to increase. A dehumidifier is probably your best bet since it will protect all your equipment. I'm sure you could find a fairly inexpensive cabinet style used dehumidfier on Ebay or something. As far as your guitar, once it is out of the humid air for a few days the tone may come back without even adjusting. Either way, you should clean it all up really well. Take a picture and mark all the bridge positions and you most likely can get it back to the way it was. If all else fails, the guitar shop should be able to get it back to where it should be. |
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Jul 11 2007, 12:10 AM
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I dont even know where to find the truss rod at. Not even on my other guitar either.
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Jul 11 2007, 10:45 AM
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QUOTE (Ryan @ Jul 9 2007, 04:55 AM) Ok this is my new guitar. Rgr 521 Ex2 (Ibanez), and well ive had to for more than 2 months. Still new to me , but im having some problems.I have some fret buzz. On the G string. Around the 9th fret. Which thats where it is really bad. It just developed this problem. In the last couple of weeks. How can i fix this?? New strings? Raise the action?? All of the strings are the same action. So why does it not occur on the other strings??
Video_9.avi ( 5.47MB )
Number of downloads: 201And another problem. There is some rust i think. The springs on the bridge. I think ineed to just take it in!! The buzzing sounds similar to a noise my fender strat suddenly developed on higher notes I traced this to a loose securing nut on the jack presumably certain notes made it vibrate. The intonation of your guitar does sound off but that may be my computer ,to check this tune your guitar to concert pitch(use an electronic tuner).Fret the string on the 12 read meter then play the 12 fret harmonic.The 12 fret note and harmonic should be the same +or- 100th of a semitone if the fretted note is sharp the string needs to be made longer by pulling the saddle backwards and vise versa. Do this on all strings.If you have a floating bridge you may have to repeat this operation a couple of times to get all strings correctThis should be done whenever the strins are changed as different makes/gauges of strings affect this. By the way big hello to all at G.M.C.as this is my first post. |
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Jul 11 2007, 11:01 AM
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QUOTE (Ryan @ Jul 9 2007, 07:55 AM) Ok this is my new guitar. Rgr 521 Ex2 (Ibanez), and well ive had to for more than 2 months. Still new to me , but im having some problems.I have some fret buzz. On the G string. Around the 9th fret. Which thats where it is really bad. It just developed this problem. In the last couple of weeks. How can i fix this?? New strings? Raise the action?? All of the strings are the same action. So why does it not occur on the other strings??
Video_9.avi ( 5.47MB )
Number of downloads: 201And another problem. There is some rust i think. The springs on the bridge. I think ineed to just take it in!! Take it to a guitar store then ask them to fix the fret buzz. They will probably use a file and shoten the height of the fret wire on the G string after finding out the problem. They should do this for free. Dont know bout the rust (are you sure its 2 months old?) This post has been edited by jammer91: Jul 11 2007, 11:02 AM -------------------- __________________________
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Jul 11 2007, 01:05 PM
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QUOTE (AIB234 @ Jul 9 2007, 04:47 PM) If it STARTS at the 9th fret it sounds like the neck has a concavity to it. Try adjusting your truss rod and adjusting the neck to be more straight. However, get someone else to back me up on this before you do it. Right now I think your guitar neck is like this )| where the ) is the shape of the neck and the | are your strings which would be creating the buzz half way down. You need to make it more (| for an extreme example. Hope my little diagrams help, haha. I was thinking the same, trussrod. Ryan, search the forum, there are more posts on this. Try "truss rod" and "trussrod" for search words. QUOTE (jammer91 @ Jul 11 2007, 12:01 PM) Take it to a guitar store then ask them to fix the fret buzz. They will probably use a file and shoten the height of the fret wire on the G string after finding out the problem. They should do this for free. I'd never let the file my frets down, not even if it came for free and a club sandwich included. They'd ruin the guitar. -------------------- My bands homepage
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