Mystery Buzz

[Ian Davlin The Looth Group]

Send me the video to my email. ian.davlin@gmail.com. I’ll attach it.

[Court McClelland Resonation Guitars]

Hi Ian,

I just sent the email.

Thank you for your time and attention!

[Ian Davlin The Looth Group]

Hey, I’m not seeing this in my email.

[Corey Williams Noank Guitar Repair]

Do you have any Mitchel’s abrasive cord? They sell it at stew Mac. It’s like dental floss w abrasive. sometimes chasing the slots after adjusting them can clean it all up. You can also check your slotting files with calipers, I had some files that were well off their advertised size.

[Court McClelland Resonation Guitars]

I actually do have that cord in all sizes.

Are you thinking that maybe widening the slot a bit will help?

[Dominic De Bellis Double D Basses]

Looking at the close-up of the nut it appears that the slot may be slightly wide, by just a few thousandths. This may lead to buzzing. If you place the string on top of the nut and tighten the string to a moderate tension will the buzz resolve?

[Court McClelland Resonation Guitars]

Hi There,

I will check that.

Thanks for your input!

[Michael Minton]

B string is usually the culprit.

Wasn’t raised right.

Looks to me like the top of the nut height needs to come down on both the B and E. Only half the string should sit inside the slot. Check the ramp on the back as well. Ideally, you want the string touching only at the break point, with a gap behind where it heads off towards the tuner.

[Court McClelland Resonation Guitars]

Tried all of the suggestions and I still have the B string issue even after replacing the nut.

Is it possible that the saddle slot may need a hit with the abbrasive cord of a file?

Thanks again!