New high-end guitar fret buzz?

bermudianbrit · June 2017

Hi guys,

So slightly annoyed at the moment – my flat seems to be a guitar death trap.

Last Saturday I had an NGD – specifically a Martin OMC-35E. Most expensive guitar I’ve ever purchased, and we played about 5 different models in shops before settling on it – it won over the 18 and 28 models as well as over the GCP ones.

I find, last evening, after having put it in my living room for a few days, that it has developed some fret buzz, mostly on the middle frets 3-9 or so. I use a capo a lot, and so this is a distinct problem.

It was not evident in the shop so what precisely just happened? How can I reduce the fret buzz issues going forward? My les paul also suffers from them, as did my Taylor, so it seems to be a thing with my flat, no idea why.

Any help?

Thanks

AliGorie · June 2017

dont panic - sounds like the guitar is re-acclimatizing to your house's humidity -
One or two things have happened -
1: the top has shrunk = due to lower r/h lowering the height of the strings in relation to the neck / fb angle.
2: there isnt enough neck relief = slight dip in the f/board - slacken the truss rod a quarter turn at a time till you achieve the desired amount of relief = no buzzing. Note this can happen with string gauge changes if set to fine.
if in doubt as to the above take it back and get them to do it.
happy pickin

Winny_Pooh · June 2017

Check relief first

sweepy · June 2017

A plus 1 on neck relief, it's not unusual tbh on a new guitar

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