I figured out 3 buzzy spots on fretboard on any kind of overdriven sound of amplifiers on my electric guitar. On the cleans it's all good. Also it's most noticeable with bridge pickup. I have a tremolo blocked and no locking nut on the guitar, could that be the cause of the problem?
Strange buzzy sounds on certain spots on fretboard while overdriven
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Clint 55
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Re: Strange buzzy sounds on certain spots on fretboard while overdriven
Make sure it isn't mechanical buzzing like on uneven frets or saddle screws. If it isn't that, it could be a wolf tone, which I have on one of my guitars. Where the note you play causes the acoustics of the guitar to amplify some harmonics of the note that then clash with the main note.
Make sure it isn't mechanical buzzing like on uneven frets or saddle screws. If it isn't that, it could be a wolf tone, which I have on one of my guitars. Where the note you play causes the acoustics of the guitar to amplify some harmonics of the note that then clash with the main note.
Re: Strange buzzy sounds on certain spots on fretboard while overdriven
Remember, distortion adds compression, which makes a tiny buzz sound much much louder when heard with distortion. Rule out mechanical buzzing, then look for electrical buzzing. If you post a clip or 2, it might help identify it.
Remember, distortion adds compression, which makes a tiny buzz sound much much louder when heard with distortion. Rule out mechanical buzzing, then look for electrical buzzing. If you post a clip or 2, it might help identify it.
Re: Strange buzzy sounds on certain spots on fretboard while overdriven
IMO buzzing is best heard unplugged. Tons of distortion and compression might hide certain deficiencies of the note on the attack phase. Also look for vibrations, for mechanical parts oscillating at the same frequency as the buzzing note. Maybe unblock the trem to start from a clean state.
IMO buzzing is best heard unplugged. Tons of distortion and compression might hide certain deficiencies of the note on the attack phase. Also look for vibrations, for mechanical parts oscillating at the same frequency as the buzzing note. Maybe unblock the trem to start from a clean state.
Re: Strange buzzy sounds on certain spots on fretboard while overdriven
Thanks for answers. Maybe i should try and raise the action a bit.. This guitar is going to the tech in the following months anyway, because i will replace tremolo system with Schaller and install the locking nut. This tone defect is only noticeable on the bridge pickup, and only on 2, maybe 3 spots of the fretboard, but it's annoying enough.
Thanks for answers. Maybe i should try and raise the action a bit.. This guitar is going to the tech in the following months anyway, because i will replace tremolo system with Schaller and install the locking nut. This tone defect is only noticeable on the bridge pickup, and only on 2, maybe 3 spots of the fretboard, but it's annoying enough.
VinceT
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Re: Strange buzzy sounds on certain spots on fretboard while overdriven
I have a picture frame in my practice room that vibrates to G played on the 5th and 6th strings. Buzzes can come from the weirdest places.
I'm with Clint that this may be wolf tones - either harmonics or, if you're at hi-gain, you might be picking up the fretted note between your finger and the nut and it's oscillating with the note fretted between your finger and bridge. To test this, when you're getting the buzzing normally, try plucking the string behind your finger - do you still hear the note/buzzing?
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I have a picture frame in my practice room that vibrates to G played on the 5th and 6th strings. Buzzes can come from the weirdest places.
I'm with Clint that this may be wolf tones - either harmonics or, if you're at hi-gain, you might be picking up the fretted note between your finger and the nut and it's oscillating with the note fretted between your finger and bridge. To test this, when you're getting the buzzing normally, try plucking the string behind your finger - do you still hear the note/buzzing?
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Re: Strange buzzy sounds on certain spots on fretboard while overdriven
Unplugged the note rings as should, without any buzz. Also on cleans it sound normal. As i add any kind of drive it starts, it's like muffled sound, like something else is hitting and blocking at the same time as i hit the note. And this is most noticeable on 4th D string, second fret. But only with a bridge pickup.. It looks like the bridge pickup is more trebly, and it interact that way, to me it looks like other positions have more lower frequencies, so they block the higher frequence of sound. Other positions of pickups sound normal on that specific fret. Could this be a pickup or electronics issue?
Unplugged the note rings as should, without any buzz. Also on cleans it sound normal. As i add any kind of drive it starts, it's like muffled sound, like something else is hitting and blocking at the same time as i hit the note. And this is most noticeable on 4th D string, second fret. But only with a bridge pickup.. It looks like the bridge pickup is more trebly, and it interact that way, to me it looks like other positions have more lower frequencies, so they block the higher frequence of sound. Other positions of pickups sound normal on that specific fret. Could this be a pickup or electronics issue?
GoldenVulture
Braindeadologist
Re: Strange buzzy sounds on certain spots on fretboard while overdriven
Try adjusting your bridge pickup slightly lower.
Try adjusting your bridge pickup slightly lower.
