Members rawk100 Posted December 13, 2008 Members Share Posted December 13, 2008 My '79 Les Paul sometimes buzzes/rattles when I hit an open string, it could be any string. Sometimes its OK. It has been recently set up and I'm using regular 10's in a standard tuning. It will also buzz slightly when fretting on some of the top frets but I can live with that. The action is quite low. Obviously I'm experiencing some fret buzz but I'm wondering if my bridge is vibrating slighting, has anybody experience this? I know its under tension from the strings but I'm wondering if it can still move. Should I replace the tunamatic bridge and tail piece anyway cause they're nearly 30 years old? Whaddaya think?.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pprovo1 Posted December 13, 2008 Members Share Posted December 13, 2008 What exactly rattles? Is is the strings against the frets? Or is it actually rattling at the bridge?? You might just need to raise the bridge up a little bit if its just fret buzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rawk100 Posted December 13, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 13, 2008 Its difficult to see on the open string, it could be the frets but I'm not sure. I raised the action slightly but it didnt make much difference. I suppose I could raise it really high to see if that solves anything but I don't want a high action. The guitar was recently set up so the frets should be level. I'm trying to find out if buzzing could be caused by anything other than the frets..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pprovo1 Posted December 13, 2008 Members Share Posted December 13, 2008 well look to see if the neck is bowed, that can usually make a huge difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rawk100 Posted December 13, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 13, 2008 Yeah, the neck does have a little bit of relief in it. I would have thorght that the relief should have been fixed when it was recently set up. How can I check to see if I've got enough relief?........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pprovo1 Posted December 13, 2008 Members Share Posted December 13, 2008 This video explains it all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rawk100 Posted December 13, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 13, 2008 Thanks for that... It seems that its got the correct relief which is good. I tried something else.... I play an open bottom E and I can hear a rattle, when I look down the side of the neck the string doesnt seem to be buzzing against any frets. When I fret the bottom E on any of the first 3 frets I can still hear a rattle. If I push down on the angled bit of string between my bridge and tail peice then the rattle stops! Is that my tunematic bridge rattling?........ I'm confused!... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mike Fiasco Posted December 13, 2008 Members Share Posted December 13, 2008 I'd doubt the bridge, but you can strike that buzzing note and put your hand on the bridge to see if the buzz stops. Once I had a mystery buzz and found that one of my tuners was loose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rawk100 Posted December 13, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 13, 2008 I've just tightened up the bottom E post and I think its made it better!....Thanks for that....I'm gonna try the others tomorrow and see if that fixes it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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