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Help Please!!!

bassopotamus102

bassopotamus102

Mar 28, 2009
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#1
I have a Dean Edge 6 fretless and am having trouble getting the Low B string to stop rattling against the fretboard. it is the worst at the "D." the other five strings can be set with a nice low action and no rattle or buzz.

could it be the intonation of the string? could it be the nut slot cut too low? if I jack the saddle waaaaaay up, I can get rid of it, but then it sits much much higher than the other strings.
 
#2
Measure the string heights at the (theoretical) twelfth fret and the relief around F7. Post the data. Someone will help you.

It has nothing to do with the nut or the intonation.
 
#7
He said it was buzzing around 1-5 frets. Maybe a twisted neck but a twisted neck would cause buzz everywhere and not just on one string. I think if he added a bit of relief it might fix it. Lots of low b strings feel "floppy" and buzz a bit but try to adjust your truss.
 
#8
202dy said:
Maybe.

It could be and irregularity in the fingerboard, a hump or a dip. It could be a twisted or kinked string. The string may have been manufactured incorrectly. Without some data from the OP, it is impossible to diagnose the malady.
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Could be, also,
but starting with "You need more relief in your neck or a higher tension string " will fix or eliminate 'those' possibilities which are easy to check, and leave (or not) something else for consideration.
 
#9
JustForSport said:
Could be, also,
but starting with "You need more relief in your neck or a higher tension string " will fix or eliminate 'those' possibilities which are easy to check, and leave (or not) something else for consideration.
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All fair. Probably correct. And yet, without any data from the OP regarding the state of the instrument the advice is premature. It is not based on evidence.

The danger here is that many people read this forum, many of whom do not understand the whys and wherefores of musical instrument adjustment and repair. They read something and assume it is correct. If they have not read the entire thread, and many do not, they may have the wrong information about the instrument in question and apply it to their own instrument. This is one of the ways the great repair myths get started.

Erring on the side of caution and dispense advice sparingly and only when there are enough facts to go on is the prudent way to go.

It's moot point. So far the OP appears to have disappeared.
 
#10
Very right about that...

Whether it's something I'm doing myself, or suggesting for someone else's consideration, I check the least invasive, then least expensive options first, not permanently modding or getting into expensive (neck altering or pre-swapping, etc) things until the others have been exhausted. Good thing about this forum is that if one of us doesn't think of, or have experience with something, someone else does. It can be difficult to separate the chaff, tho.
And you're also right about having enough info/data to make an assessment. When I'm new to something, I don't even know the right questions to ask!
Very helpful members here, tho.
 
#11
well, I have been playing bass for 34 years and setting my own up for over half that. never encountered a bass I couldn't set up with a good action until this one.

turns out when I switched bridges, I needed to shim the neck. but, I also needed to add some relief. and now? it is awesome.

thank you for your help and suggestions!
 
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