Hola everyone,
I recently received a used Mensinger Cazpar 4. I picked it up from a London seller for about $950. It is a beautiful bass made in 2010 and I love its tone and pickup configuration. I am having one big problem with it. There is a nasty high pitched buzz on the G string (and sometimes the D string) from about frets 3-10, right in the sweet spot. I took it to a local luthier and had it set up. He was able to tame it somewhat but it's still there and I'm not sure he knows what to do about it. He told me the relief from the truss bar is bowing the neck inward in a different location that he is used to seeing in a bass neck: I think he said it is bowing further up. He set it up as low as possible to get rid of the buzz, but he can't seem to eliminate it altogether. So now what should I do? My only ideas are to 1. contact Mensinger and see if they can provide support, or 2. see if the problem relates to the zero fret. Since this is the only bass that I have with a zero fret. I am thinking maybe it's too low at the nut and perhaps I should see if there is a way to raise it (with a shim) or replace it with an actual nut. I am not a guitar tech, just a guy who has gained some knowledge along the way. I really want to make it work because as I said, it is a beautiful guitar at a great price (especially given that it is a very hard to find short scale lefty). I want to keep it. Anyone who can help I would be very very grateful.
