highwayone Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Just bought a fender p and have buzzing when fretting on the E. this disappears when I hold the tuner peg. Does it just require tightening or something more technical? Haven't touched it yet as didn't want to kernacker it! Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBob09 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Sounds pretty much like it's just the machine head needing tightened. Go at it with a screwdriver. If buzzing continues, keep scratching the noggin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Hold your bass up and look beneath the strings. If any of them are touching the frets, raise the strings that touch the frets. Adjust string height by raising the height at the bridge with a hex wrench or standard screwdrivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 (edited) Depends where exactly the buzz is coming from. I've had buzz before from a loose clover leaf/elephant ear that wasn't securely attached to the shaft. A small drop of superglue wicked into the joint fixed that. Edited July 17, 2012 by ikay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highwayone Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 Tightened up the tuners but buzzing still there! AAARGH! action is low but not touching frets. Take it to someone who knows what there doing?!?!?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 If it only happens when fretting anywhere near the middle of the neck, ther might be too much relief (or curve). Try tightening the truss rod by a quarter turn at the most to straighten it a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Looking back at the OP - does the buzz still go away when you hold the tuning peg? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 What can happen is the A string, if wound highly on the tuning peg, this can vibrate. Play the string open, and if buzzing, place a finger on the string behind the nut. If it goes, try and wind the string lower down, to roughly where the D & G are wound. If not this, get an allen key for the saddles on the bridge, and just tighten all of them a tiny bit - it may be one isn`t tight enough, so this is causing the buzz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Heeley Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 ^this - Precisions are known to be prone to this, shallow break angle over the nut to the winder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Tiny bit of paper in the nut groove has fixed this in the past for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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