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Marty,
That's kinda what I did for my Bass.
My A string was buzzing in the nut. So i took a small piece of
paper, folded it over once, and stuck in in there around the string
in the nut groove. Walah no more buzz. every once in awhile when I
tune the sting I need to reposition it in the nut.
Jeff(bigtikidude)
--- In , "Marty Tippens"
<mctippens@e...> wrote:
> This has gotta be the stupidest, most hair-brained idea I have come
up with, and it works beautifully!
>
> The 9th fret on my low E-string buzzed like a bee. It was the only
buzz on the whole neck. I raised the action and that helped a bit,
but now the action was too high and the buzz was still detectable. It
was clear that the 9th fret was a hair too low at the low E end and
could use a lift. But this is a nice bound neck on a vintage Mosrite.
The original frets are in great shape over-all. I didn't want to take
it in for a fret job.
>
> My answer was in the kitchen drawer. What better to give some rise
to the fret under the low E than Scotch tape?! I slapped a little
half inch length of tape over the fret and guess what...it didn't
work, the fret still buzzed. BUT a second piece on top of the first
did the trick and killed that buzzy bee like fly paper. Did the tape
cause other buzz at the 8th or 7th frets or...? Nope!! I dropped the
action back down nice and low and it plays wonderfully.
>
> The side affects of this operation are:
>
> 1. A very slight decrease in sustain at the taped-over fret. After
all, the string is now touching plastic tape and not a metal fret.
The slight decrease in sustain at the one fret is much preferable to
the previous annoying buzz.
>
> 2. The tape will probably have to be replaced every six months or
less. I'll do that whether it needs it or not 'cause I don't want a
sticky stuff problem.
>
> 3. This trick might be a bit of a problem under higher strings that
get a lot of bending action. The bending of the string probably would
cut into the tape.
>
> -Marty
>
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