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They call me Ronson Napthatongue ...
Originally Posted by nevershouldhavesoldit
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01-16-2026 03:35 PM
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Better than a soldering iron for heating things is your wife's clothes iron, if she still has one. Many people these days don't even own an iron, and it often shows.
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Speaking of buzzes, I just had a hard time tracking one down. I was hearing a janky, very annoying buzz on Db, any position. It sounded like it was coming from the cabinet, which is my Vibrolux Reverb, with a Quilter Superblock US as the head, the tubes were cold. I tried everything I could think of, with no fix. I tried a different cab, and when I cranked the volume just a little, sure enough the Db buzz was there. After a long time, I finally traced it to an old mandolin hanging on the opposite wall. Took that down, buzz was gone. Put it back, buzz was still gone. It only happened with the mandolin in one specific location and orientation. My initial impression was that the buzz was coming from the guitar, then the amp, and finally something else in the room. This is the second time this has happened to me, a mysterious buzz caused by something hanging on the wall.
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I just went through this with a 175, took me a month to get rid of the rattle.
First of all, just remove the retaining wire, it's only there to hold the saddles if you break a string. That't the main source of rattle. Also make sure the saddles are firmly pushed down and forward so they are seated firmly. Next make sure the strings are seated in the slots cleanly, file them out a bit if necessary.
Also, stuff some foam around the pickup springs, and between the pickup ring if you can (I cut pieces from a foam acoustic panel). Wedge a pick between the pickup and ring as well. Also make sure the pickguard is not touchng the pick up ring.
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In the EU Rall Guitar in Germany sells saddle, both metal and wood. Just measure your bridge pin width.
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Been there, done that, broke a string on a gig, lost a saddle in the dark. Granted that was a rock gig with string bending, and it’s a lot less likely to happen playing jazz, but I still would leave the wire in place rather than risk losing the saddle. With that guitar, the solution (after buying a replacement saddle) turned out to be making a new retainer out of a plain g-string, which didn’t rattle. If I had an abr-1 now, I’d replace it with one that uses clips instead of the wire or with a Nashville. Originally Posted by RyanM
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I bought some electrical open grommets to stop the sympathetic vibration of the strings behind the bridge on my Aria FA71.
I had to buy a pack of 100 so, even though I don't get that effect on my 175, I put some on it as well just as a long shot to try to get rid of a buzz that's been frustrating me since I got it. ( I was a bit worried that it could have been a loose brace). Anyway, it worked! the buzzing has gone. Doesn't seem to be any logic to it (to me anyway).
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I bought grommets like that at the hardware store. Or maybe it was Menard's.
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Originally Posted by garybaldy
Anyway, it worked! the buzzing has gone. Doesn't seem to be any logic to it (to me anyway).
Seems clear to me: it was zeroed out. Numerology does work after all.
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I used to have loads of them when I worked it construction. Now I'm retired I have to buy stuff!! Originally Posted by Cunamara
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May be more so when you don't realise you are practicing it! Originally Posted by Mick-7
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For an update - to anyone who might have a similar issue to mine.
I've stuck one of the saxophone reeds belonging to my daughter between the pickup and the plastic contour and most of the buzz has gone.
There's still some buzz when I hit the Bb on the 13th fret on the fifth string, so I will try not to play Stella By Starlight on that position from now on
I kind of like how b4da$s and DIY it looks, a bit like Metheny's toothbrush stuck in the tailpiece of his 175.
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You can also stuff some foam in there, works just as well IME. I've broken pickup rings stuffing hard stuff in there, and it looks as if yours is in some danger, with that big bulge. The breaking point of plastic can be hard to judge, so it might hold for you. Using rubber tubing around the springs can also help. There are threads about this somewhere on the forum, I'm just too lazy to do the search.
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I took this guitar to the luthier who spent some time with me - one hitting the string and the other pressing on things on the guitar to isolate the buzz.
Seems like the buzz is worse on some specific notes, but it's never on the same ones. Also, funnily enough the guitar was behaving better over there than at home with me, much less buzzing going on in the presence of the expert. I picked it up again at home yesterday and it was just impossible to play, very annoying.
Anyway - it is coming from the pickup making contact with the pickup ring I guess. I moved the sax reed to the side of the bottom E (left on the picture above) so it's only visible to me, looking down on the guitar. But I need to do something to resolve this somehow.
When you say I should stuff foam in it, do you mean cut stripes of foam and place them around the pickup where it meets the plastic ring?
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Wow, what a puzzle for you. Good luck and keep at it. Eventually every corner will be turned.
I have a similar problem with a Epiphone Casino, but it has "dog ear" P 90's, so there's no shimming between the p/up and a ring.
I have had padding between p/up and guitar top, padding btw p/up and cover, and on and on. And playing some chords will just drive me crazy while others are fine.
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I meant thin strips of foam, used instead of the reed. It's also possible that the buzzing is coming from the springs. Replacing those with rubber tubing can often cure buzzing. My preferred method for that is getting tubing with a large enough inside diameter to allow the springs to be inside it, so you have both in place, but the springs can't buzz.
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On all my archtop guitars with inset humbuckers I cure pickup rattle by using Ranger Bands. They are large black rubber bands that are used by military/police for various purposes. They are the perfect size to fit around a humbucker with a metal cover. Put the ranger band on the perimeter of the pickup and assemble the pickup assembly. As you raise the pickup the band will fill the gaps and the pickup ring and humbucker will be super solid and will not rattle.
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Originally Posted by chris32895
This looks like it might work. Do you happen to remember the size that you use that fit around the humbuckers?
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I can't totally remember but I think it was a variety pack with a bunch of different sizes. For the most part I don't think they vary a ton, though. If you get a variety pack you should definitely get a few with the right size (plus they stretch so you don't necessarily have to use just the one size). Originally Posted by Grigoris
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