Strange vibration sound

[gera799]

Hello guys,

I've noticed my bass produces a strange vibration sound when I play unplugged on 1-10th fret (also on open strings). It's not fret buzz sound because I tried the highest action possible and it didn't disappeared. It's louder on the D and G strings.

My bass is a Squier CV Precision and I'm using GHS Flatwounds. Relief is around 0.5mm on 8th fret.

What could be wrong?

[All_¥our_Bass]

Try playing some open strings like usual, then try playing open strings with your right hand, while using your left hand to hold onto the strings behind the nut.

If it goes away while touching the benind the nut portion of string, you may need to install some foam or tape in that area to prevent these vibrations.

[dave_bass5]

Also try holding the tuning peg and playing each string in turn.
My Squier CV Jazz arrived with an annoying buzz and it turned out to be the clover leaf part of the tuner (sorry, not sure what its called) having a very slight gap down one side where it was soldered to the shaft. A bit of super glue fixed it.
I have heard of a few others that had this with Squires.

[JLS]

Originally Posted by dave_bass5

Also try holding the tuning peg and playing each string in turn.
My Squier CV Jazz arrived with an annoying buzz and it turned out to be the clover leaf part of the tuner (sorry, not sure what its called) having a very slight gap down one side where it was soldered to the shaft. A bit of super glue fixed it.
I have heard of a few others that had this with Squires.

A customer's bass had the same problem, same solution.

[Sundogue]

Did it happen before? it might be this...

Your strings might not be wound correctly around the peg causing the string to pass over the nut straight to the peg with no downward angle. This will cause a very difficult to identify vibrating sound.

Make sure when you string up that there are enough wraps and that each wrap goes under the previous one with the last wrap being as far down the tuning peg as to cause enough downward force over the nut so the string doesn't vibrate in the nut.

The funny thing is, you don't hear the noise from this anywhere near the nut, but vibrating elsewhere in the neck wood and even the body itself. And it is more prevalent in basses with flat rather than angled headstocks AND it's hit or miss when one isn't careful stringing up their bass, so it seems to come out of nowhere. Sometimes all it takes is not enough wraps and if a string is loosened and then retuned the wraps might slip up the peg, so it's doesn't happen just when putting on new strings.

[darius8]

+1 Everything said above AND:

1. Two bridge saddles are hitting each other becuz of a tiny gap in between.

2. Theres a wire under the pickguard vibrating against the pickguard.

[96tbird]

I had same problem with my CV. I slightly angled the saddles so they touched each other, vibration gone.