Recent content by JimBurn

A quick doddle about and I find that my gratitude has not been fully expressed. I might've bought more new strings and then visited a luthier... that's possibly over £100 saved ... not to mention the time and angst. May your karmic rewards be great Megafiddle, Om Ah Hum, that f'ing rattle's...

Thanks Lobster11 it was the nut. Megafiddle, brilliant, thank you. Dared to take a file to the nut, just to follow and smooth the A string groove. Didn't appear to be pinching, must've been catching somehow though. Took a pic to show you but can't upload it with my tablet, grrr ... There's a...

Very many thanks guys, lots of thoughts there, most already had and looked at alas. Neck relief, truss rod, bridges, possible loose bits ... all examined for the wretched rattle! ... but megafiddle's pinching nut seems a distinct possibily, thank you. Not near my bass right now, will report back.

If this odd little problem is worth anyone's time ... thank you ... It must be that I've bought two consecutive loose cored A strings... or ... Might flatwound strings be prone to having their cores come loose? Might super/extra long strings be so prone? Might a 'string through' bridge cause a...

Thanks for clearing that up about the truss rod, and yep, it's no major issue, unless you have OCD or something, but, bedeviled by the noise, so I might have it, I have done some very measured plucking, in the quietness of the night, and the fret/s seem perfectly solid and seated, and the rattle...

Hi kind reader, I have a five string custom Schecter, not a year old, much loved. After fretting B or C on the A string, 2nd or 3rd frets, the A string gives a short little tinny vibration sound, enough to be annoying when doodling quietly acoustically. On the second and subsequent plucks the...