NS String Buzz

[timloudon]

Hello there Double Bass aficionados!

I've got a tricky problem with my NS EUB. The action on it is pretty low, something which I think needs changing. And I've read on here that to get a more effective tone, the action needs to be higher.

At the moment, I seem to be getting a lot of string buzz on the open E and a little bit less on the A. It's happening on the top of the fingerboard, next to the nut.
It seems to me that the nut just isn't as high as on a normal Double Bass.

Any suggestions?

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

To see if the nut is indeed the problem you could temporarily put a small piece to paper in the slot under the string to raise it up a few gnatscocks.

I've kept mine with the very low action it came with, but I don't get string buzz problems, even on the B string. Perhaps the truss rod needs adjusting? I've never needed totouch the one on mine though.

[BassBus]

That's exactly where I had a buzz on my G string on my CR4M. I tweaked the truss rod just a bit until it disapeared. Very simple but don't ask me which way I turned the key. Can't remember, sorry.