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Hi all,
I've been lent and Epiphone Dot from the early 2000s. it seems a nice quality guitar. The set up when I got it was miles out so I've done a fair bit to it, including setting the truss rod, adjusting the action and tuning the intonation. I'm using 11-50 D'Addario Chromes.
I've got in playing nicely now with an action around 1.5mm. The only issue is some buzz on the D at the 13th and the G at the 14th. There is no buzz above or below those frets. So I'm thinking this is a high/low fret issue rather than something I can address through further setting up. I realise that a diagnosis is tricky without seeing and playing it, but do you think I'm on the right lines?
Thanks,
Andy
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04-20-2021 04:39 AM
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I had a similar problem on my L6-S. I took it to a luthier, who immediately saw the problem was not the frets but the strings sympathising (is that the right word?) with the bridge pickup. He adjusted the pickup and charged me a mere $NZ40.
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Originally Posted by Litterick
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Originally Posted by Gladders
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Originally Posted by Gladders
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I've also had an amp buzz that sounded like fret buzz, also objects in the room vibrating sympathetically. It's usually something on the guitar, though. Any loose nut or screw anywhere (head, pickups, bridge, knobs etc) can cause it. There are multiple threads on the forum discussing the issues.
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Originally Posted by Gladders
If it's just a couple of high frets it's easy to fix. There are various kits with tools for this. I have this one:
It includes metal dowels for finding high frets, is cheap, and works well. I've fixed a couple of my guitars with it. The big catch with this, though, is that sometimes it's really more than just a couple of frets - you sand one down, and then the next one turns out to be high, and the next, and the next, etc. If it's more than maybe 3 or 4 you're better off leveling and re-crowning all the frets. But it's worth a shot.Last edited by John A.; 04-21-2021 at 12:02 PM.
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Another possibility is that instead of a high fret, it's a low fret. If one is lower than the others, it can cause a buzz on the next higher fret, which gives the same buzz that the next fret being high would give. It's not as likely, but it's possible. The ideal situation is that it's just something loose on the guitar, since that's the easiest to fix. The worst case is a low fret, because that's the most problematic to fix. High frets can be lowered easily enough.
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Thanks everyone. I've tapped a couple of frets back in and filed a couple down. It seems to be doing the trick.
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