Emergency wolf tone (??) buzzing hell relief strategy. Help.

[tzadik]

Hello, brothers and sisters...

Outfitted with new (two lightly used, one new, and one old, which will soon be changed) strings, the bass has developed a crazy buzz-wail-howl-werewolf noise on much of the lower part of the E string. Worst on the G.

I have about 45 hours before I have to do concert and no time to get to/from a luthier before then. It's all pizz, thankfully, but the noise is still going to be a problem. We play fast, but not always that fast!

It's not a rattle or anything. It's definitely the string buzzing somehow. I tried to adjust the action upward but I am not sure I did it right. The adjuster was pretty tricky to turn (yes, I loosened the strings a ton).. I only went about half a turn. Maybe I should do more. But then again, I can hardly tell if I am turning it the right way.

Ramble ramble, pre-panic pre-panic...

Ideas?

[uprightben]

Why not put the old strings back on if they didn't buzz? You can trouble shoot the new set after the gig.

[St-Teddy-Hall]

I second the above comment.

After your show,

You may want to investigate whether there is another issue with the bass that is causing that kind of a buzz. It seems likely that there would be a crack or open seam that would cause a buzz like that instead of the strings.

[tzadik]

The old ones were like 4 or 5 years old and sounded fricking terrible. Maybe I can boil them and squeeze out one more gig. If I absoutly must.