What are the chances?

[Chris Pile]

I did a fret level on a newish LP, and the client requested new D'Addario NYXL 10's. Happy to do so, of course. Got it all up to pitch and played it a bit, was disturbed to hear a strong buzz at the 9th fret on the A and D strings. This wasn't a string buzz - it was loud acoustically - a rattle. Couldn't be the frets, right? Pulled the strings and thought I check to see if the frets were seated. Yup. But the crown inlay at the 8th fret was unglued and sticking up. So I glued it back down, but since it was behind the buzz it couldn't have been causing the noise. So I replaced the A and D strings with new singles from another pack. No trouble.

What are the chances that I'd find 2 bad strings that were not only adjacent, but bad at the same fret? One in a million...

 

[Sam SG]

Ill bet it was the inlay. That that frequency vibrating through hit just right.

 

[Chistopher]

50/50

Either it happens or it don't

 

[switchman]

I've seen this with the D'Addario poly packed XL strings that all come coiled together in one bag. Do the NYXL's come that way?

It doesn't take much for more than one to get a kink in the same place bundled like that. I've had it happen with bulk single packs too like a 25 pack of .010s.

But causing a buzz that happens to be near a loose inlay? Now ~that's~ weird

 

[FuseG4]

I replaced a string last week cuz it had a small kink. At first I thought well let's tune it and see if it causes a problem. Sure enough buzz on one fret. Played it for a few days until I couldn't stand it then changed and it's been fine since

 

[GuitarStv]

50/50

Either it happens or it don't

Schroedinger's fret buzz.