Buzzing past 12th fret how to#

I learned how to fix that years ago from an article with Joe Walsh who states, especially on ABR style bridge saddles, to tug up on the string to take up slack and then tune UP wards to pitch. Personally, I work on my action until it's deal low and buzz free, and I am able to achieve that on any non-broken guitar.įor me when not buzz in the normal sense as you’ve described I find it is actually the string not seated properly on the saddle. And, of course, many, many players like action so low that some buzz is inevitable, and as long as the string doesn't fret out and the buzz doesn't come through the amp, they're OK with that. Tuning heavy gauge strings down will definitely give you more string excursion, leading to more buzzing, but 11s on a LP are like 10s on a Strat, and a half-step is not much of a drop. There are innumerable good setup tutorials on the web, beginning with and Frank Ford, and I would follow one of them. And there are, indeed, a large number of possible issues, from simple truss rod tweaks to bad frets. I'll bet your problem can be adjusted away, but that can't be done by trying one tip at a time, because it all goes together.

The whole point of a good guitar is that it should feel wonderful to play. On any decent guitar, you should be able to achieve buzz-free action without having to resort to undesirable options like just raising the bridge to an unusual, unwanted height.