Great video and thank you. *About nuts don't need to change them in case of buzzing, White nuts, baking soda and superglue mixed and added on the too low nut string. let it dry, send it down make your way in slowly and gradually again and yure ready to go. Black nuts, mix baking soda, graphite powder and super glue. Of course cover your tabs before and after the nut to protect them from superglue and scretches. And of course to do this you need to soften those strings of yours. This tip I have got it from different tutorials here on youtube and it works beautifully!
I think my phone is spying on me because my guitar started to buzz and I haven't been on RUclips all day and lo and behold this is the first thing on my recommendation
0:37 ✅ thanks brother I need to keep practicing. After changing my strings, saddle , nut, action, and guitar multiple times, You just gave me the answer . It’s me
I absolutely love how you break down the truss rod section... My whole life i've been told NEVER touch the truss rod. What a simple easy fix and explanation on how to check it without rules, etc. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
What idiot told you not to adjust your truss rod? I mean someone who is only just learning guitar shouldn't adjust it because they might get all confused and end up with problems that they don't understand how to fix by adjusting the rod. But anyone who is familiar with their guitar and has at least got to the stage of playing bar chords should be fine adjusting their truss rod
I get buzzing on my acoustic guitar from time to time, but my truss rod is accessed at the opposite end at the sound hole, and requires an allen key to adjust.
Sweet man. I brought home a brand new guitar after returning one and driving an hour home. My third fret was buzzing on the top and bottom string. Watched your video and used the Allen wrench to adjust a Trestle and it worked. Thank you so much. I was so looking forward to playing at tonight.
Thank you for this video! Your video helped my 11 year old son easily correct his buzzing sound the day of his recital using your first suggestion! Thanks!!
I just got a new guitar last week and it was set up perfectly before it was shipped and it arrived with no issues. (Sometimes a guitar is set up great before shipping but then arrives messed up due to extreme temperature changes and/or mishandling. This guitar arrived totally fine.) I changed the strings and everything was still fine. Then I changed to a slightly heavier gauge to get a little more volume and immediately noticed considerable buzzing on several strings. I figured it had to do with having moved from custom light to standard light gauge strings, although the difference seemed negligible. However, it sure sounded to me as if the buzzing was coming from the head stock, not the fret board. I listened carefully and sure enough, the buzzing was definitely coming from the head stock area. So I loosened one of the strings and discovered that the nut (and all the other nuts) securing the tuner was loose. As soon as I tightened them all up the buzzing disappeared. So since this is a video addressing string buzz I figured I'd throw this into the mix just in case it's happening to anyone else's guitar(s). It's a super easy fix.
Hey great video! My acoustic started having minor buzz on the high E string, admittedly I have an agressive picking style that sometimes moves into plucking that makes things worse. I got brave enough to slightly back off the truss rod and use your quick check as I went. I just tweaked it a bit for now, seems much better. Thanks for the video!
Just to ask questions about my sound is buzzing on my accoustic guitar so I need to tight the top of my guitar with the Allen Key so it does need to be tight or loose don't forget to explain to me write back to me don't forget
Surprised that you didn't mention the most common buzzing issue before people suggesting messing with truss rods: hydration. Living in Colorado, even my guitar was built at the Gibson facility in Montana, getting into the fall and winter months I get buzzing due to dryness. Usually a combination of dropping the Oasis brand humidifier in my sound hole and storing the guitar in the case and breaking out a humidifier or vaporizer in the room for a time will solve the problem. Other than that I found your lesson incredibly informative. My frets look like shit. Lol. Gotta take care of that.
@@asahellicea7258 no, there are devices you fill with water and leave in the cases with the guitar though. Google "Guitar Humidifier" if you don't believe me.
@@mlwsf I'm from Northern New Mexico, high desert climate 7000 ft elevation. The first humidifier I ever owned was a sort of a reservoir for a sponge that you soaked in water then put in the guitar sound hole. I keep my Martin D28 in a case with the time release "smart" humidifier. My daily player sits on a stand and I know it's feeling the effects, even with a humidifier. Good point though...
Yep, it's not the guitar, it's me. When I practice chords or play individual notes to check it, it's fine. But now that I'm starting to learn songs and trying to play at the right tempo, whenever I need to let a note ring longer I tend to loosen the pressure on the string and it buzzes at the exact fret I'm pressing on. Practice, practice, practice 🤷♀️
Looked everwhere for this, put some new lower gauge strings n my guitar the other day, got string buzz, NOT FRETT BUZZ, just string buzz. Clearly from your example I've got a back bow and im gunna adjust my truss rod tonight, thank you
I found a method for this that’s way easier, just stick a capo behind the first fret (by the tuning pegs). You’ll have to retune your bottom string, but other than that has worked great for me
Thank you! I'm an idiot, i was replacing the mechanics, strings, bolts, everything...and i didn't notice that the saddle fell off and under the couch. This is the last time im trying to fix my guitar drunk.
I had this problem on my cheap fender acoustic. Managed to sort it out by adjusting the truss rod with an alan key. The truss rod could be at the bottom of the neck in the sound hole.
So I was flipping out about why my guitar was buzzing so freaking much. I've been playing for about 5 years. I check EVERY problem I could think... still a buzz. Then I remembered I let my little brother borrow my guitar for a week and he put clear tape to make frets and I didn't see it until after watching this video. The tape was buzzing my strings so so much it was driving me crazy. He had to make the frets because it's a classical guitar and those aren't usually marked.
thank you my guitar teacher kept making me put my finger in the middle, never behind the fret, and doing so made it buzz so much that i wanted to quit altogether because i thought i was doing something wrong no matter how hard i pushed down, but actually putting my finger behind it has fixed this problem
The very first thing to do is to eyeball the neck from both ends and decide what it is doing. Otherwise you will be lost and just cranking the rod needlessly. PLUS: always un-tune the strings before touching the truss rod. They strip easy.
Classically trained pianist (30+ years) moving to accoustic guitar. Going through practice book I and II using single notes for foundation training (using new Yamaha accoustic guitar), hearing a humming on low E string when playing high E string single notes. Odd. I will first ensure my single note playing technique is proper before contacting my guitar vendor. Great information here. Thank you.
I just started using my guitar maybe a month or so ago and I didn’t even know this was a problem I had to watch out for. He mentioned so many things and processes/solutions that I didn’t realize existed that for a second I thought this video was some sort of April fools joke (like the blinker fluid joke).
Thanks for this video - I definitely have a few of these issues. I'm also going to look at a used acoustic and I have a few things to test when I test drive it.
I thought you were going to be a waste of time at first glance. You were actually very informative in a concise way. I like getting to the point without too much blah blah blah. Good job. Thank you
Man my Alvarez is buzzing so much on the High strings. I know my nut needed love but the saddle I hadn't even thought about. I'm back to playing a lot with all the 19 mess and remembered why I stopped playing, Buzzz Buzzz, Messing with the Truss is scary, because it was so good when I bought it. It's been thousands of hours over 35 years and more Blue Steel strings than I can remember.
Thanks buddy! I just bought a guitar and got it home and realized it had buzzing on the low E and A. I just backed off the truss rod a full turn and it went away.
probably too late for this person’s issue, but for anyone else who has this same issue: make sure your tuner is at 440 hertz. that’s the standard hertz for tuning a guitar. don’t use apps like GuitarTuna, those capture background noise as well and offer incorrect readings. anyway, if your tuner isn’t at 440 hertz your guitar will always sound out of tune. hope this helped anyone that needed this!!
@@abbynvegas Well it's never too late to help. I use GuitarTuna for tuning, but I've always tuned in quiet room, and I can assure there is no background noise. And for me I think it's the bad guitar design. It doesn't have a truss rod. In the beginning, only the 5th string was buzzing, then 3rd started to buzz as well. Both were so annoying, but slowly their buzzing started to go away and now they're good. But now the 4th string is at its peak of buzzing. I can't adjust the action, although I think it's not the problem. The sound seems to be coming from the bridge pin. I guess it might be that the string needs to be replaced.
Thanks for the tips! I have no idea about guitars and was able to identify and fix my D-String buzz by adjusting the truss rod just with your video! Yaay!
You have a high fret. Use a fret rocker, or credit card/drivers license and cover 3 frets at a time. If it rocks, like a teeter totter, the middle fret is high. Using this method, determine where exactly it's high, the whole fret? Just a spot? Mark it with a sharpie so you know where and file it down little by little, checking constantly so you dont go down too far. If you do, it will just move up the neck one fret at a time. After its level, you will need to recrown the fret and polish. To recrown, mark just the very top of the fret and file the sides making a bit of a curve like your other frets and you should have a thin line of sharpie left at the very top. Only do the sides and not the top though as you dont want to take it down any farther, just recrown at this point. Now take some very fine steel wool and polish it up and you should be good to go! BTW, use some gaffers tape to cover the fretboard so you dont scratch it by accident, especially if you have a maple neck as it will be hard to clean.
Have a close look at the 13.fret if it has come loose from the fretboard. If so, use superglue and a screw clamp. It happens quite often with old classical guitars
@@traytonsorensen8352 Raising the string in the nut is a good way to check nut slot height. Usually with a small piece of paper but a shirt piece will do the same thing like you did. However the nut wont affect buzzing at the 12th fret, only buzzing open strings. When you fret a note, the nut is taken out of the equation.
There are many reasons for fret buzz on older acoustic guitars, but in my mind, no new guitar should have fret buzz after adjusting the truss rod as shown in the video, but this is also something that can and does occur on some new guitars. When the truss rod doesn't fix the problem, that guitar requires a setup and that is fairly normal if you are buying a cheap guitar, but on a higher end guitar, that guitar had better play perfectly with no buzzing when new. The problem I'm having is buying online, there is just no way to tell what you are going to get until it arrives, and when it has issues, you have to make a decision on getting it setup, set it up your self, or returning it. I've gone through a rash of bad fretwork/necks on new guitars that is driving me crazy. If it is just a minor issue, then you might be able to do some setup work on it yourself and be happy with it. If not, then return shipping costs start to add up. The thing that complicates everything is when the saddle is adjusted on the bleeding edge low side which means the fret work has to be impeccable for there to be no buzzing issues. It's easy to fix a high saddle to lower the action, and I guess you can always replace the saddle and go from there to set the string action higher than the original one. That alone might fix the buzzing issues. If not, then it's most likely uneven frets or a high fret or two. This is not too difficult to get sorted out, but on higher end guitars, it is not acceptable IMO. There are no decent brick and mortar shops in my area, so finding a great guitar is really tough.
Question if someone can help: I have ESP with oFR. 25.5 scale. It was setup for 10-52 strings. Perfect Float, all fine, no string buzz. Low action. I changed the strings for 9-46. I managed to get stable straight float. I did all well loosening tuning claw 3 springs since springs were pulling old 10-52, but i got awful string buzz. Especially strings 4&5&6. String Buzz is worse while open. It stops in around fret 7. The shape and tension of the neck is probably changed since i got thinner gauge. Low neck tension and strings buzz, right? In what direction do i pull the truss rods? 1/4 from left to right? 👉 Anti-clockwise? If im experiencing buzzing frets, i need to loose the truss rod? Loosening the truss rod allow strings to create more pull on the neck? To loosen truss rod, i turn truss rod anti-clockwise, right? That's what I'm understanding but i wanna be careful. Asking because of my english with the technical words aren't the best. I easily might've got something wrong 😊 Thanks guys 👍😎🍻
What works for me sometimes, especially when I get new strings is to tighten all the strings maybe 2 steps above it’s note. And then stretch them out with my fingers. And then play a few strums on it and slowly bring it back to standard tuning. Please be careful tho. You could completely break your strings if ur not careful. And they could hit you in the face and leave a scar. Be careful.
It's the high pitch sitar buzz that you can't find that is the tough one. Like a loose brace, internal truss rod buzz, small hidden crack, or a bad internal joint. That's when you might as well kiss your acoustic good bye. Or consider pulling your fretboard off or taking the body apart and resetting all the joints. Or paying someone to do it. 😮😅😢
Hi my name is zombii and im a gamer. But i still have passion for music and your youtube channel really helps me with tips and tricks to help imlrove my guitar skills, and i wanna say thank you!.
I just got a new Alvarez Masterworks and am worried there's something wrong. The next day I noticed a ton of fret buzz coming mainly just from the B string on chords like D, Dsus, Em7, etc. I don't have this issue on my other guitars. I took it in, and the guitar guy said it was common and the guitar was fresh off the boat, so he looked down the neck, made an adjustment to the truss rod, then had me try it. It seemed to be fixed. Next day, it was back. I took it in again, and it was the same thing. He adjusted it, seemed to go away, and so did I. Now today it is doing it again! I tried watching some videos and making some adjustments, and can't seem to get it to stop. Is that normal for a guitar to move that much that quickly when new? Should I be concerned?
Hi, I dunno what the hell is going on with my guitar but the open B string buzzes for some strange reason. All the other strings are fine, stranger still, the string doesn't seem to buzz when I play the string with an upstroke!! The guitar is fairly new, it's driving me a bit crazy. Anyone have any clue how to fix this???
@@adamelafifi6566 Yeah, I did, but it's not perfect. I simply used a bit of folded sandpaper to sand down the string slot in the nut and it sounds much better. Seems the string was getting caught because the slot wasn't cut properly. A new nut is probably the best thing to do though to get it perfect.
The frustrating ones are the sympathetic buzzes. Playing a fretted note and no buzz, but play a different string while still holding the fretted note and the back slack of the fretted note starts to vibrate because of sympathetic resonance. I almost needed a 3rd hand and a therapist to solve this mystery... Wish i watched this before. Still came to the same conclusion but your trick for checking the back slack would've disabled my state of confusion.
You probably took off all the strings at the same time, which let the tension from strings on the neck go, hence the truss rod bent the neck backwards. Adjust the truss rod while the strings in tune. You might have to tighten the truss rod and then retune the strings and then tighten again and retune a few times
@@Greasiola it only does it when i play certain songs, like if i pick instead of strum, and only thru the amp,, so i changed strings, and let a pro look at it,,, but that it,,noting more to do, just have to play it alot until it works out,,,, or take it back.
ok, my high E string keeps buzzing with I put my finger on the 2nd and 3rd fret but doesn't when I put my finger on the other frets. What's up with that. and I've checked my finger positionsksks (I am new to the guitar) EDIT: never mind I figured it out, something about my shirt touching the back of my guitar. Which I guess I could have fixed before and not spend like 2 hours on it if I just didn't worry about it.
This was very useful, thank you. I had this problem on every single note all around the fretboard, thought that I might facing serious problems, then I realized that the buzz was because of my 9v battery inside my guitar. Now I'm safe. ☺😅
I have a Fender villager 12 string acoustic guitar only 7 weeks old. I started getting some buzzing and vibration in the past week. I noticed that the 2 high E strings on the first fret were far too close to the fret and It didn't feel as if I was getting enough movement when I pressed down on a chord I did a small adjustment with my Allen key. My truss rod adjusts from the bottom end of my guitar I gave it a very small turn clockwise and the buzzing seems to have gone have I turned it in the correct direction? It seems to have worked anyway whatever I did. I didn't really want to touch it in case I upset anything on the guitar I could have taken it back to the guitar store but I need to learn how to do this stuff myself and they did supply an Allen key with it . Don't know why it started doing this in the first place as it's new. I also have a Fender C60-CSE 6 string electro acoustic it is nearly 3 years old and still sounds great never had to adjust anything on it so far thanks for the video 😍🏴🏴
Wearing your frets out on a beloved guitar is the worst! I've dressed up my share with home made tools until my daughter gave me a slick set of guitar tools for Christmas one year. 😃
Hahahhaha I’m chasing good bluesy rock tone for 3 months now and watching tons of videos i just saw that on coils is some FOIL(remove it for GOD SAKE,NOW! That breaks the tone (how should i know ? I’m beginner) And GOD THANK YOU for that Eric Clapton tones. It changed my life. If there is one more guy like me,you will like this comment. I’m posting this one every “why my guitar sound bad” videos to help people ATW. ❤🎉
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Great video and thank you.
*About nuts don't need to change them in case of buzzing, White nuts, baking soda and superglue mixed and added on the too low nut string. let it dry, send it down make your way in slowly and gradually again and yure ready to go. Black nuts, mix baking soda, graphite powder and super glue. Of course cover your tabs before and after the nut to protect them from superglue and scretches. And of course to do this you need to soften those strings of yours. This tip I have got it from different tutorials here on youtube and it works beautifully!
I think my phone is spying on me because my guitar started to buzz and I haven't been on RUclips all day and lo and behold this is the first thing on my recommendation
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Me too
Dude same
Same thing here, noticed few hours ago that one string of my uke is buzzing, now im here. wtf?
@@UncleHam1337The illuminati brought us all together
too late I already bought a new guitar
Why 😂😂
@@mohitrajbhandari9972
Im not rich the new the guitar was cheap
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SAME!!!!
0:37 ✅ thanks brother I need to keep practicing. After changing my strings, saddle , nut, action, and guitar multiple times, You just gave me the answer . It’s me
Holyshit these comments are gold
LMAO
SAME. I didn't understand why it kept buzzing. turned out I just needed to play with better technique
Hi there, what is the right action on acoustic guitar???
Hahahahahaha you got me cracking up at mid night😂😂😂
I'm learning that 90% of guitar problems is me xD
Sameee🤒
same samw
same
Same lmao
😂😂👍
Why does this bass have so many strings?
You better SLAP like NOW!
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@@MusoraOfficial better change your name to BASSlessons
Davie504: CHECKMATE GUITARIST
O M G!
thank you tom hanks!
I see more matt damon
I see both
And a bit of Vince Vaughn?
I can't beleive nobody thought of replying "T.Hanks" instead
And Alfie Allen tbh
Thanks, found out that there was actually a bee in my guitar and that was the problem
i had a wasp in mine
my guitar has a lot of buzzes, literally, a lot of buzzes, and by that I mean a shit ton of Buzz Lightyear's in my guitar smh
🤣🤣
I had sand from the beach
Was it a bee major or minor?
I absolutely love how you break down the truss rod section... My whole life i've been told NEVER touch the truss rod. What a simple easy fix and explanation on how to check it without rules, etc. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
What idiot told you not to adjust your truss rod? I mean someone who is only just learning guitar shouldn't adjust it because they might get all confused and end up with problems that they don't understand how to fix by adjusting the rod. But anyone who is familiar with their guitar and has at least got to the stage of playing bar chords should be fine adjusting their truss rod
who told you that?
I'm exactly the same I've never touched my truss rod it always scared me 😂
I told myself not to touch the truss rod
I get buzzing on my acoustic guitar from time to time, but my truss rod is accessed at the opposite end at the sound hole, and requires an allen key to adjust.
So buy one lol
You:I don't have the tool to adjust the truss rod :(((
Richard:just bye one lol
Me:you guys have truss Rods!??!?!?!?
@@bhaveshnagubadi116 😂😂fr
RO. Hey Funny..... He prob will but if what he means is that its not the easiest access he's right
@@davidgraham1292 lol. If you can't easily adjust a truss rod with an allen wrench through the soundhole you shouldn't be adjusting a truss rod.
A quick neck adjustment got rid of the buzz! Saved me a time consuming and expensive trip to the guitar shop. Thank you!
Sweet man. I brought home a brand new guitar after returning one and driving an hour home. My third fret was buzzing on the top and bottom string. Watched your video and used the Allen wrench to adjust a Trestle and it worked. Thank you so much. I was so looking forward to playing at tonight.
Tee hee 5:21 : "But the way you can tell your nut is too low"... You suddenly feel cold water?
You couldn't get to your keyboard fast enough to type that. However you must be told, it wasn't clever....
@Jew Adolf wOw-
Aah the Witch's Kiss.
i had the exact same thoughts lmao
My G string buzzes for a really long time after I finish strumming it
Nice profile pic
@@leavethebasket7435 together we make Obama's eyes
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Same prblm... let me knw if u guyz found any solution
You need to stay clear of the G string awhile and let her vibrate before you start messing with it.
Thank you for this video! Your video helped my 11 year old son easily correct his buzzing sound the day of his recital using your first suggestion! Thanks!!
I just got a new guitar last week and it was set up perfectly before it was shipped and it arrived with no issues. (Sometimes a guitar is set up great before shipping but then arrives messed up due to extreme temperature changes and/or mishandling. This guitar arrived totally fine.) I changed the strings and everything was still fine. Then I changed to a slightly heavier gauge to get a little more volume and immediately noticed considerable buzzing on several strings. I figured it had to do with having moved from custom light to standard light gauge strings, although the difference seemed negligible. However, it sure sounded to me as if the buzzing was coming from the head stock, not the fret board. I listened carefully and sure enough, the buzzing was definitely coming from the head stock area. So I loosened one of the strings and discovered that the nut (and all the other nuts) securing the tuner was loose. As soon as I tightened them all up the buzzing disappeared. So since this is a video addressing string buzz I figured I'd throw this into the mix just in case it's happening to anyone else's guitar(s). It's a super easy fix.
If your Guitar is from Orangewood, then it’s as expected.. If not, Idk
Wow! Five minutes and my guitar was fixed! Taylor wanted me to take it to an authorized dealer, you saved me hundreds!!
Hey great video! My acoustic started having minor buzz on the high E string, admittedly I have an agressive picking style that sometimes moves into plucking that makes things worse. I got brave enough to slightly back off the truss rod and use your quick check as I went. I just tweaked it a bit for now, seems much better. Thanks for the video!
Just to ask questions about my sound is buzzing on my accoustic guitar so I need to tight the top of my guitar with the Allen Key so it does need to be tight or loose don't forget to explain to me write back to me don't forget
Surprised that you didn't mention the most common buzzing issue before people suggesting messing with truss rods: hydration. Living in Colorado, even my guitar was built at the Gibson facility in Montana, getting into the fall and winter months I get buzzing due to dryness. Usually a combination of dropping the Oasis brand humidifier in my sound hole and storing the guitar in the case and breaking out a humidifier or vaporizer in the room for a time will solve the problem. Other than that I found your lesson incredibly informative. My frets look like shit. Lol. Gotta take care of that.
So dip it in water??? Bet thanks!
@@asahellicea7258 no, there are devices you fill with water and leave in the cases with the guitar though. Google "Guitar Humidifier" if you don't believe me.
@@mlwsf I'm from Northern New Mexico, high desert climate 7000 ft elevation. The first humidifier I ever owned was a sort of a reservoir for a sponge that you soaked in water then put in the guitar sound hole.
I keep my Martin D28 in a case with the time release "smart" humidifier. My daily player sits on a stand and I know it's feeling the effects, even with a humidifier. Good point though...
5:11 fell asleep woke up to see what I was watching woke up to the guy saying I think it's time to replace this nut
Alright, guys. Time to
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@@nightmare-nightmarenightma1147 thats what she said
does he says something different?
Yep, it's not the guitar, it's me. When I practice chords or play individual notes to check it, it's fine. But now that I'm starting to learn songs and trying to play at the right tempo, whenever I need to let a note ring longer I tend to loosen the pressure on the string and it buzzes at the exact fret I'm pressing on. Practice, practice, practice 🤷♀️
EXACT SMAE PROBLEM WITH ME
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Hey since it’s been 4 years, are you a pro now??
This is the best video I've come across regarding string buzz. Thank you!
Looked everwhere for this, put some new lower gauge strings n my guitar the other day, got string buzz, NOT FRETT BUZZ, just string buzz. Clearly from your example I've got a back bow and im gunna adjust my truss rod tonight, thank you
I found a method for this that’s way easier, just stick a capo behind the first fret (by the tuning pegs). You’ll have to retune your bottom string, but other than that has worked great for me
I just watched the video and it magically fixed itself
Thank u soooo much for this. I've had a problem with it for a while and this helped me fix it.
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Thank you!
I'm an idiot, i was replacing the mechanics, strings, bolts, everything...and i didn't notice that the saddle fell off and under the couch. This is the last time im trying to fix my guitar drunk.
So, basically, the problem is me, not my guitar.
keep on playing it will get better
Thank You!!!!!!!👍 I learned Travis picking tonight!!! Finally after full year
Awesome video.... Small turn on the trust rod and my buzz was gone.... Thank you very much...
I had this problem on my cheap fender acoustic. Managed to sort it out by adjusting the truss rod with an alan key. The truss rod could be at the bottom of the neck in the sound hole.
So I was flipping out about why my guitar was buzzing so freaking much. I've been playing for about 5 years. I check EVERY problem I could think... still a buzz. Then I remembered I let my little brother borrow my guitar for a week and he put clear tape to make frets and I didn't see it until after watching this video. The tape was buzzing my strings so so much it was driving me crazy. He had to make the frets because it's a classical guitar and those aren't usually marked.
thank you my guitar teacher kept making me put my finger in the middle, never behind the fret, and doing so made it buzz so much that i wanted to quit altogether because i thought i was doing something wrong no matter how hard i pushed down, but actually putting my finger behind it has fixed this problem
The very first thing to do is to eyeball the neck from both ends and decide what it is doing. Otherwise you will be lost and just cranking the rod needlessly. PLUS: always un-tune the strings before touching the truss rod. They strip easy.
He has alot of things me and my guitar just dom't have
reine keanne true if your looking for the truss rod it’s inside the guitar. That solved my buzzing
@@User-fm4ec how? Like inside the sound hole?
reine keanne yeah it’s inside. It should be under by the last fret
@@User-fm4ec thank youuu!
@@User-fm4ec dude thank you so much
Very clear and concise! Excellent job on explaining and demonstrating.
Classically trained pianist (30+ years) moving to accoustic guitar. Going through practice book I and II using single notes for foundation training (using new Yamaha accoustic guitar), hearing a humming on low E string when playing high E string single notes. Odd. I will first ensure my single note playing technique is proper before contacting my guitar vendor. Great information here. Thank you.
Sympathetic vibration. Welcome to guitar.
I just started using my guitar maybe a month or so ago and I didn’t even know this was a problem I had to watch out for. He mentioned so many things and processes/solutions that I didn’t realize existed that for a second I thought this video was some sort of April fools joke (like the blinker fluid joke).
Thank you your video made me realize the first and second fret on my B string Is a little worn down it's the only string I have a problem with
Thanks for this video - I definitely have a few of these issues. I'm also going to look at a used acoustic and I have a few things to test when I test drive it.
Paul Seitz wish I woulda though ab it like that before I bought a used guitar
I thought you were going to be a waste of time at first glance. You were actually very informative in a concise way. I like getting to the point without too much blah blah blah. Good job. Thank you
Man my Alvarez is buzzing so much on the High strings. I know my nut needed love but the saddle I hadn't even thought about. I'm back to playing a lot with all the 19 mess and remembered why I stopped playing, Buzzz Buzzz, Messing with the Truss is scary, because it was so good when I bought it. It's been thousands of hours over 35 years and more Blue Steel strings than I can remember.
I was worried something was wrong with my guitar made the adjustments and problems solved thank you
Thanks buddy! I just bought a guitar and got it home and realized it had buzzing on the low E and A. I just backed off the truss rod a full turn and it went away.
My guitar doesn’t even have a truss rod but I have the same problem
Quíck, simple and straight to the point. All questions answered thanx!
So I just got a new guitar. The first 2 strings buzz and they feel so loose but if I tighten them it’s out of tune. Any help?? Appreciate it
You mean the high E and B string?
Same
probably too late for this person’s issue, but for anyone else who has this same issue: make sure your tuner is at 440 hertz. that’s the standard hertz for tuning a guitar. don’t use apps like GuitarTuna, those capture background noise as well and offer incorrect readings. anyway, if your tuner isn’t at 440 hertz your guitar will always sound out of tune. hope this helped anyone that needed this!!
@@abbynvegas Well it's never too late to help.
I use GuitarTuna for tuning, but I've always tuned in quiet room, and I can assure there is no background noise.
And for me I think it's the bad guitar design. It doesn't have a truss rod.
In the beginning, only the 5th string was buzzing, then 3rd started to buzz as well. Both were so annoying, but slowly their buzzing started to go away and now they're good. But now the 4th string is at its peak of buzzing. I can't adjust the action, although I think it's not the problem. The sound seems to be coming from the bridge pin. I guess it might be that the string needs to be replaced.
@@ChArham-bs1ne is it a classical guitar?
For the nut problem you could use a small piece of paper and put it under the net for temporary use.
It worked for me.
I just bought a guitar yesterday and I tuned it and I make this noise something so I think it’s my technique.
Arrow Arrow same
Thanks for the tips! I have no idea about guitars and was able to identify and fix my D-String buzz by adjusting the truss rod just with your video! Yaay!
My acoustic guitar sounds good but it is only the 12 fret on high e that buzzes what can I do?
You have a high fret. Use a fret rocker, or credit card/drivers license and cover 3 frets at a time. If it rocks, like a teeter totter, the middle fret is high. Using this method, determine where exactly it's high, the whole fret? Just a spot? Mark it with a sharpie so you know where and file it down little by little, checking constantly so you dont go down too far. If you do, it will just move up the neck one fret at a time. After its level, you will need to recrown the fret and polish. To recrown, mark just the very top of the fret and file the sides making a bit of a curve like your other frets and you should have a thin line of sharpie left at the very top. Only do the sides and not the top though as you dont want to take it down any farther, just recrown at this point. Now take some very fine steel wool and polish it up and you should be good to go! BTW, use some gaffers tape to cover the fretboard so you dont scratch it by accident, especially if you have a maple neck as it will be hard to clean.
Have a close look at the 13.fret if it has come loose from the fretboard. If so, use superglue and a screw clamp. It happens quite often with old classical guitars
For me I just weaved a old shirt behind the nut of the guitar and it worked fur me
@@traytonsorensen8352 Raising the string in the nut is a good way to check nut slot height. Usually with a small piece of paper but a shirt piece will do the same thing like you did. However the nut wont affect buzzing at the 12th fret, only buzzing open strings. When you fret a note, the nut is taken out of the equation.
@@12south31 Thanks. I have a similar problem, so this is really helpful.
There are many reasons for fret buzz on older acoustic guitars, but in my mind, no new guitar should have fret buzz after adjusting the truss rod as shown in the video, but this is also something that can and does occur on some new guitars. When the truss rod doesn't fix the problem, that guitar requires a setup and that is fairly normal if you are buying a cheap guitar, but on a higher end guitar, that guitar had better play perfectly with no buzzing when new. The problem I'm having is buying online, there is just no way to tell what you are going to get until it arrives, and when it has issues, you have to make a decision on getting it setup, set it up your self, or returning it. I've gone through a rash of bad fretwork/necks on new guitars that is driving me crazy. If it is just a minor issue, then you might be able to do some setup work on it yourself and be happy with it. If not, then return shipping costs start to add up.
The thing that complicates everything is when the saddle is adjusted on the bleeding edge low side which means the fret work has to be impeccable for there to be no buzzing issues. It's easy to fix a high saddle to lower the action, and I guess you can always replace the saddle and go from there to set the string action higher than the original one. That alone might fix the buzzing issues. If not, then it's most likely uneven frets or a high fret or two. This is not too difficult to get sorted out, but on higher end guitars, it is not acceptable IMO. There are no decent brick and mortar shops in my area, so finding a great guitar is really tough.
This video was really helpful.Now I know how to care a guitar. By the way nice room studio
Great video
And then there is a warped neck, or a neck that dips right after the body joint going toward the head stock.
Question if someone can help:
I have ESP with oFR. 25.5 scale.
It was setup for 10-52 strings.
Perfect Float, all fine, no string buzz. Low action.
I changed the strings for 9-46.
I managed to get stable straight float.
I did all well loosening tuning claw 3 springs since springs were pulling old 10-52, but i got awful string buzz.
Especially strings 4&5&6.
String Buzz is worse while open.
It stops in around fret 7.
The shape and tension of the neck is probably changed since i got thinner gauge.
Low neck tension and strings buzz, right?
In what direction do i pull the truss rods?
1/4 from left to right? 👉
Anti-clockwise?
If im experiencing buzzing frets, i need to loose the truss rod? Loosening the truss rod allow strings to create more pull on the neck?
To loosen truss rod, i turn truss rod anti-clockwise, right?
That's what I'm understanding but i wanna be careful.
Asking because of my english with the technical words aren't the best.
I easily might've got something wrong 😊
Thanks guys 👍😎🍻
What works for me sometimes, especially when I get new strings is to tighten all the strings maybe 2 steps above it’s note. And then stretch them out with my fingers. And then play a few strums on it and slowly bring it back to standard tuning. Please be careful tho. You could completely break your strings if ur not careful. And they could hit you in the face and leave a scar. Be careful.
It's the high pitch sitar buzz that you can't find that is the tough one. Like a loose brace, internal truss rod buzz, small hidden crack, or a bad internal joint. That's when you might as well kiss your acoustic good bye. Or consider pulling your fretboard off or taking the body apart and resetting all the joints. Or paying someone to do it. 😮😅😢
Incredibly well done. Accurate and complete information
Tnx a lot ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
My low e string buzzes a lot but the other strings I think they’re fine (electric guitar)
Same I have acoustic. Did you find a fix?
Yey now I know that I don't even have a truss rod. Now I know that it's just my guitar's fault.
3:48 Sounds like you're jamming to the backing track
...no
Thank you! The buzzing was driving me crazy!
Ok, I got a question, what if just one fret of just one string is buzzing the fret in front and behind it are fine
Thanks for your technical assistance Mis Amigo 🎸🥁🎸Great explanation 🎸☮️
Hi my name is zombii and im a gamer. But i still have passion for music and your youtube channel really helps me with tips and tricks to help imlrove my guitar skills, and i wanna say thank you!.
Nice video! I have been searching for this info for a long time.
I just got a new Alvarez Masterworks and am worried there's something wrong. The next day I noticed a ton of fret buzz coming mainly just from the B string on chords like D, Dsus, Em7, etc. I don't have this issue on my other guitars. I took it in, and the guitar guy said it was common and the guitar was fresh off the boat, so he looked down the neck, made an adjustment to the truss rod, then had me try it. It seemed to be fixed. Next day, it was back. I took it in again, and it was the same thing. He adjusted it, seemed to go away, and so did I. Now today it is doing it again! I tried watching some videos and making some adjustments, and can't seem to get it to stop. Is that normal for a guitar to move that much that quickly when new? Should I be concerned?
Mine it's hard to turn the truss rod because the strings are blocking the turning way can I remove that particular string first?
Thanks for this!!! 😍😍
Wow, thanks for the cool tip, Tom Hanks. I didn't know you played guitar
5:22 bUt thE wAY yOu CaN tELL iF yOuR NUT iS ToO LOw
Well looks like the video ive been looking for 😂😂
I’ve got a 5mm separation xD and my guitar is electro acoustic and has the micro built in to the low saddle
Hi, I dunno what the hell is going on with my guitar but the open B string buzzes for some strange reason. All the other strings are fine, stranger still, the string doesn't seem to buzz when I play the string with an upstroke!! The guitar is fairly new, it's driving me a bit crazy. Anyone have any clue how to fix this???
Yea I’m having problems with my B and High E its so weird I don’t know what to do have you fixed yours yet?
@@adamelafifi6566 Yeah, I did, but it's not perfect. I simply used a bit of folded sandpaper to sand down the string slot in the nut and it sounds much better. Seems the string was getting caught because the slot wasn't cut properly. A new nut is probably the best thing to do though to get it perfect.
Learned something new today. Thank You!
Me experiments with action and that inner rod
Ends up breaking it
Buys a new guitar
*The Buzz* - bonjour Monsieur
I knew it was my technique thank you for showing me the right way
My fender has a loose truss rod and when it starts to buzz I have to bend the neck back until it snaps
Did you cure your lumbago yet?
nairB no mate it’s proper fucked my back right up
The frustrating ones are the sympathetic buzzes. Playing a fretted note and no buzz, but play a different string while still holding the fretted note and the back slack of the fretted note starts to vibrate because of sympathetic resonance. I almost needed a 3rd hand and a therapist to solve this mystery... Wish i watched this before. Still came to the same conclusion but your trick for checking the back slack would've disabled my state of confusion.
I had no buzz, and then I changed my strings with a similar gage on my acoustic and now every string besides the B and high e string. Can anyone help?
Crash exactly same i dont know what to do
Adjust the truss rod
You probably took off all the strings at the same time, which let the tension from strings on the neck go, hence the truss rod bent the neck backwards. Adjust the truss rod while the strings in tune. You might have to tighten the truss rod and then retune the strings and then tighten again and retune a few times
Best intro ever, made my day.
What if the B string has a light buzz in it? how do you address one string buzz thats in the middle?
Did you ever end up finding a fix? Having the same issue
@@Greasiola it only does it when i play certain songs, like if i pick instead of strum, and only thru the amp,, so i changed strings, and let a pro look at it,,, but that it,,noting more to do, just have to play it alot until it works out,,,, or take it back.
Well i droped my guitar and i think i might have fractured the fret board and it started buzzing is there a fix for that
Seems like stainless steel frets would solve a lot of problems.
While SS frets definitely last longer, they sharpen the tone and unless you have an old muddy vintage J-50 or such, I wouldn't be doing it.
Am I the only one who notices he has a Buttchin
@@ilovegunnyfnlol1398 very informative on the subject of matter
Fantastic and insightful video. Now I need to adjust my nut and get a fret job. *ahem*
ok, my high E string keeps buzzing with I put my finger on the 2nd and 3rd fret but doesn't when I put my finger on the other frets. What's up with that. and I've checked my finger positionsksks
(I am new to the guitar)
EDIT: never mind I figured it out, something about my shirt touching the back of my guitar. Which I guess I could have fixed before and not spend like 2 hours on it if I just didn't worry about it.
The same freaking thing is happening with me,it keeps on buzzing even tho I'm playing the lower three strings.any suggestions?
i got fixed, the person just told me the saddle was to low, or something, so he fixed it for me, it only took like 3 mins.
@@bjw412 lucky you😞
@@samia2233 welp
@@samia2233 welp
Great informative video!
This was very useful, thank you.
I had this problem on every single note all around the fretboard, thought that I might facing serious problems, then I realized that the buzz was because of my 9v battery inside my guitar. Now I'm safe. ☺😅
I have a Fender villager 12 string acoustic guitar only 7 weeks old. I started getting some buzzing and vibration in the past week. I noticed that the 2 high E strings on the first fret were far too close to the fret and It didn't feel as if I was getting enough movement when I pressed down on a chord I did a small adjustment with my Allen key. My truss rod adjusts from the bottom end of my guitar I gave it a very small turn clockwise and the buzzing seems to have gone have I turned it in the correct direction? It seems to have worked anyway whatever I did.
I didn't really want to touch it in case I upset anything on the guitar I could have taken it back to the guitar store but I need to learn how to do this stuff myself and they did supply an Allen key with it . Don't know why it started doing this in the first place as it's new. I also have a Fender C60-CSE 6 string electro acoustic it is nearly 3 years old and still sounds great never had to adjust anything on it so far thanks for the video 😍🏴🏴
What does it mean if only the first few frets buzz?
The strings were maybe incorrectly put on
Your nut is busted.
Sounds wrong, but yeah
Too much backbow , truss rod too tight , if nut is too low it only affects open strings
@@diazzsama Thag fucking made my day
Wearing your frets out on a beloved guitar is the worst! I've dressed up my share with home made tools until my daughter gave me a slick set of guitar tools for Christmas one year. 😃
Thank you
Thanks for the insight and for sharing.
0:03 and that is exactly how I sound!!!!
Hahahhaha I’m chasing good bluesy rock tone for 3 months now and watching tons of videos i just saw that on coils is some FOIL(remove it for GOD SAKE,NOW! That breaks the tone (how should i know ? I’m beginner)
And GOD THANK YOU for that Eric Clapton tones.
It changed my life.
If there is one more guy like me,you will like this comment.
I’m posting this one every “why my guitar sound bad” videos to help people ATW. ❤🎉
Well done. Sans the music
Very useful tips, big thanks
When I plug my E-guitar to the amp , it has the
" ffffffffffffffffff " sound but when I place one of my fingers on the strings , it's gone.
Same here, in my case the amp is like 15 years old and has been blown out probably multiple times.
It’s just excess noise you can eliminate it by buying a noise gate.
I have a really small classical guitar with 15 frets, so, is it the fret dressing issue?
Yesterday i got a guitar and the first hour i was fixing the tuning without knowing anything about it and the high e is gone lol
It happens. Give this video a watch. ruclips.net/video/G-wAGVdFZnY/видео.html