Fret buzz problems NEED HELP!!

[Leftybass12]

So I just recently had my bass looked at and the truss rod was very loose. I had the truss rod adjusted to where the neck is straight and not too long after that I put on new strings because the strings I had on the bass were dead pretty much. This was my first time re-stringing one of my basses because I was tired of paying to have it done for me, but I was under the supervision of my bass teacher, who is an extremely good bassist and knows his stuff. The problem is that I have fret buzz in the first four frets of my A and E strings (major fret buzz at the 4th fret of the A string). The rest of the frets are okay though. I think that because of the truss rod adjustment being too tight the fret buzz is being caused. Does anyone think this is true or do you have any other suggestions??

By the way, the bass is a 2007 Ibanez GSR200FML with D'Addario nickelwound long scale strings .045 - .100

[droskobass]

the new strings that you put on were probably lighter than the ones before. I suggest that you losen the truss rod by 1/4 to one half turn. (turn the allen wrench counter-clockwise by a turn equal to 15-30 minutes on the clock)

retune the bass and see what happens.


also read as much as you can about string height adjustment, adjusting intonation and adjusting the truss rod. Ibanez usualy includes set-up instructions with their basses, and there is plenty of great articles online. the first few chapters of the instructional book "serious Electric Bass" by Joel Di Bartolo are great too. in fact the whole book is great.

[Leftybass12]

Thanks dude! That helped out a lot! Just to be sure of myself I had a bass tech that I know take a look at it and he said I was off just a little on the adjustment.