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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.
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.
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
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