buzzing, all strings, only in 1st position

**crab** · #1 11-14-2011, 04:34 PM

No other buzzing except all strings, fretting the first fret. does that mean my 2nd fret is high?

thanks

bunnykeeper · #2 11-14-2011, 05:45 PM

There's a very good chance of it. Place a straight edge across the 1st, 2nd and 3rd frets and see if there's any rocking action.

**crab** · #3 11-14-2011, 05:54 PM

thanks, Ill try that

JLS · #4 11-15-2011, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by crab

No other buzzing except all strings, fretting the first fret. does that mean my 2nd fret is high?

thanks

Or the nut is too low. Have you tried loosening the trussrod a tiny bit?

JTE · #5 11-15-2011, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by JLS

Or the nut is too low. Have you tried loosening the trussrod a tiny bit?

Nope. If it was buzz from open strings it could be the nut. But once you fret the string you've removed the nut from the equation. Either a high second fret, a low first fret, or neck relief.

John

JLS · #6 11-15-2011, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by JTE

Nope. If it was buzz from open strings it could be the nut. But once you fret the string you've removed the nut from the equation. Either a high second fret, a low first fret, or neck relief.

John

Misread that, you're right.

**crab** · #7 11-15-2011, 12:40 PM

Ill try loosening the truss rod. Thanks

bunnykeeper · #8 11-18-2011, 03:11 AM

Total for-what-it's worth comment: I was leveling the frets on a near-new SX P today, and was surprised to discover that the lowest fret by far was the first fret. Kind of a drag that I had to sand down the other 19 frets just to accommodate that 1 stinker, but it does play better now.

FWIW.

AmadeusXeno · #9 11-18-2011, 11:06 AM

Another posability is if your neck is cracked. I played a bass before that was cracked and had this same exact problem. Hopefully it's just a fret problem so it won't be as expensive as a new neck.

ThingsAbove · #10 11-18-2011, 11:21 AM

Capo at the second fret and wallah! No more first fret problems and now you have a short scale bass! It's all goodness and smiles from there.

Turnaround · #11 11-18-2011, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by crab

Ill try loosening the truss rod. Thanks

This is a solution if the relief is not right. Other than that it's a fudged workaround. Get the relief right. Then if there is a fret problem, deal with it.