ashevans09 Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Heya, Recently my Fender P has started to develop fret buzz, though it only occurs when playing an open A. Everywhere else is fine and the neck appears to be correct so is this a nut issue? It's a pretty old bass (1978) so would a new nut be the best route here? Cheers, Ash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyparrot Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 [quote name='ashevans09' post='503707' date='Jun 2 2009, 12:41 PM']Heya, Recently my Fender P has started to develop fret buzz, though it only occurs when playing an open A. Everywhere else is fine and the neck appears to be correct so is this a nut issue? It's a pretty old bass (1978) so would a new nut be the best route here? Cheers, Ash[/quote] The neck should have a slight concave bend in it, and giving the age of the bass, and the weather, the truss rod may need a tweek. GP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bass Doc Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Just on open A? Can you establish if the buzz is eminating from behind the nut by depressing the string between nut and machine - if so, the likely explanation is too little wrap on the A-string post giving insufficient break angle. See what happens and report back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Did you recently go to a lighter gauge or different brand of strings? You could insert a tiny sliver of business card into the bottom of the A string slot and see if that sorts the buzz out. MBA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashevans09 Posted June 2, 2009 Author Share Posted June 2, 2009 (edited) [quote name='The Bass Doc' post='503723' date='Jun 2 2009, 12:54 PM']Just on open A? Can you establish if the buzz is eminating from behind the nut by depressing the string between nut and machine - if so, the likely explanation is too little wrap on the A-string post giving insufficient break angle. See what happens and report back.[/quote] Depressing the string gets rid of it, so it seems you're right! , so if i understand correctly a fix for this would be changing out the string and wrapping it more around the post? Edited June 2, 2009 by ashevans09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashevans09 Posted June 2, 2009 Author Share Posted June 2, 2009 [quote name='MoonBassAlpha' post='503726' date='Jun 2 2009, 12:58 PM']Did you recently go to a lighter gauge or different brand of strings?[/quote] Nope, always had EB heavies on it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashevans09 Posted June 2, 2009 Author Share Posted June 2, 2009 [quote name='greyparrot' post='503714' date='Jun 2 2009, 12:46 PM']The neck should have a slight concave bend in it, and giving the age of the bass, and the weather, the truss rod may need a tweek. GP.[/quote] And yeah that was my original thought as well, but all seems well and fine with the rod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bass Doc Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 There you go - unless you're going to re-string using more wraps, simply slacken the string to the point whre you can push the wrap right down and hold it there while you re-tighten. Glad to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashevans09 Posted June 2, 2009 Author Share Posted June 2, 2009 [quote name='The Bass Doc' post='503743' date='Jun 2 2009, 01:07 PM']There you go - unless you're going to re-string using more wraps, simply slacken the string to the point whre you can push the wrap right down and hold it there while you re-tighten. Glad to help.[/quote] Thanks alot mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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