Mystery Buzz

[GreenPineCone]

Joined just to ask this because I cannot figure it out.
Just restrung my bass (Ibanez GSR200), and now it has a buzz on all strings, open or fretted, somewhere over the pickups. The strings don't seem to be hitting anything. I have adjusted the bridge to no end, trying to see if it was a loose or bad saddle. No results. The buzz sounds almost like a second string playing at the same time. (Yes, I am muting the other strings when I try to hear the buzz)
Any ideas?

 

[michael_t]

Just restrung my bass (Ibanez GSR200), and now it has a buzz on all strings...

What brand/type/gauges of strings were on there before? And what brand/type/gauges of strings did you replace them with?

Have you changed strings on this bass before? Or, is this the first time?

 

[hasbeen]

Try putting some pressure on the pickup while you pluck a string.

 

[GreenPineCone]

What brand/type/gauges of strings were on there before? And what brand/type/gauges of strings did you replace them with?

Have you changed strings on this bass before? Or, is this the first time?

This is the first time changing strings. They're D'addario prosteels, 45/65/85/105, and that's what was on before.

 

[GreenPineCone]

Try putting some pressure on the pickup while you pluck a string.

No luck from that. The buzz can be heard acoustically, and the pickups themselves don't seem to be vibrating or buzzing.

 

[Lardass5000]

Are the strings touching the pickups?
Are they seated correctly on the bridge saddles? Are they seated in the nut properly? Are the strings vibrating across the 24th fret? Is the neck loose?
Start with this.

 

[Pyrrho Epoche]

Take em off, make sure they are straight when reinstalling and try lowering the pickups.??

 

[GreenPineCone]

Are the strings touching the pickups?
Are they seated correctly on the bridge saddles? Are they seated in the nut properly? Are the strings vibrating across the 24th fret? Is the neck loose?
Start with this.

No, yes, yes, this is a 22 fret so no, and yes. The neck was loose. Thanks, though I feel like kind of an idiot now.

 

[CryingBass]

Live and learn, glad you have it sorted out.

But - do you think the neck may have been loose before you did the change?

 

[HolmeBass]

No, yes, yes, this is a 22 fret so no, and yes. The neck was loose. Thanks, though I feel like kind of an idiot now.

Next time it will be the first thing you think of.

This is a win, plain and simple. Go team us!

We will all take our turn at being an idiot soon enough. Don’t beat yourself up over it.

 

[GreenPineCone]

Live and learn, glad you have it sorted out.

But - do you think the neck may have been loose before you did the change?

I don't know, but the restringing may have made it more loose and caused the buzzing.

 

[skygzr]

If your bridge has springs, they can vibrate too.

 

[MCF]

No, yes, yes, this is a 22 fret so no, and yes. The neck was loose. Thanks, though I feel like kind of an idiot now.

Please do not feel like an idiot. That’s what this place is for. Many of us have been there, done that.

And be welcome here. They are a lot of very nice people who like to help players, especially new ones.

 

[Pyrrho Epoche]

The neck bolts were loose? Or the truss rod was loose?

 

[FrenchBassQC]

Another success ending because of the TB'rs of Talkbass...

 

[GreenPineCone]

The neck bolts were loose? Or the truss rod was loose?

It was the neck bolts.

 

[hasbeen]

It was the neck bolts.

I'm glad you got it squared away