Fret buzz

[jonunders]

Hi

I play a G&L2500 and recently I have noticed fret buzz on the B and E strings over most
of the lenght of the Neck. Any ideas or suggestions/
Cheers
Jonathan

[ThomBassmonkey]

Thicker strings or raise the action. If it's over most of the neck you're probably best off leaving the truss rod alone as it's unlikely to need a tweak.

Are you using new strings? Sometimes different brands can have different tensions.

A bit of fretbuzz is alright anyway, it won't get picked up by the amp and usually if it does, it just comes across as a bit of growl. If you want a cleaner sound or it's choking the strings then you should maybe get it looked at.

[alstocko]

This can be so many things, and as much as I live to promote the DIY approach to bass, as it improves your knowledge of how your instrument works, I would say take it into a good guitar store (bass store preferably) and ask for you bass to have its action, truss rod and intonation looked at.
I've found that this is the most common problem when it comes to fret buzz.

EDIT:
+1 to the above comment. A bit of fret buzz is natural...

Edited May 26, 2012 by alstocko

[EssentialTension]

Is it since the weather got warmer?

[jonunders]

Thanks for your posts, No it seems to have been happening for a few months.
Jonathan

[chrismuzz]

Have the strings been on for a while? They tend to lose their stiffness after a while. My 6 string has 18 month old strings on it and it buzzes all over the place