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moishele32 -> need advice (Feb. 7 2013 16:11:54)

I wonder if anyone can give me some advice. I bought a brand new flamenco guitar at ebay, however the action was too high and I had a it taken down. After the bridge was filed down, the action is better, but now there is a buzzing at the bases strings. Some people said use high tension strings, which helped some what but buzz is still there...
ANy advice? thanks.



Ricardo -> RE: need advice (Feb. 7 2013 17:06:08)

raise the action...but not as high as it was. [8|]



Erik van Goch -> RE: need advice (Feb. 7 2013 17:26:21)

A little buzz is acceptable on a flamenco guitar but only to a certain extent. As you probably know it is caused by strings running to close to the fretboard, causing unwanted contact with neighboring frets when fretting a string. Sometimes the problem might be un-sufficient finger pressure or 1 or more unbalanced/loose frets, but i guess in this case you probably lowered the bridge to much. You have to find a balance between optimal action and avoiding unwanted buzzing. Your first weapon of choice (besides using higher tension strings/up-tuning the guitar/using a capo) is the solution mentioned by Ricardo.



Florian -> RE: need advice (Feb. 7 2013 19:23:09)

quote:

raise the action...but not as high as it was


exactly what i was gonna say, one of those bridge bones is about $8 at a guitar shop , u can file it down again but not as much , keep testing as you go

or ...don't even need to buy a bone, stick something solid and thin underneath the one you already have (plastic, bone, etc)

I did the same thing in many occasions and fixed it using both options



Blondie#2 -> RE: need advice (Feb. 7 2013 19:57:17)

What guitar is it?

Measure the distance between the underside of the 6th string and the 12th fret in mm and let us know what you get.

PS I assume you mean the saddle was filed down and not the bridge?



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