NancyJohnson Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 I've got an old Ibanez bass that was a bit of a project. All works, everything tightly screwed together. Truss rod doing its job, bridge springs not slack. Freshish strings. Irritatingly, it has what's best described as a resonance rattle; unamplified there's this rattling when strings are played. What causes this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johncee Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 On all notes or just certain ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted September 29 Author Share Posted September 29 Most notes. I'm thinking strings. Don't have a spare set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 Tuners are great rattling devices. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 My guess would be the strings. Is it lessened by putting slight downward pressure on the string between the nut and tuners? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 I had that and got convinced it was the truss rod. It was the machine heads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 A string may (Simon) rattle (yes, I had to) when it is pressed, and the part between the nut and finger makes some noise against frets. I had one very hard to find rattling: the strap lock washer was slightly loose, because of the thin leather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPJ Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 Does the bass have a scratchplate? I’ve had those resonate in the past, but its nothing a small piece of double sided tape didn’t fix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 On 29/09/2024 at 18:34, Woodinblack said: I had that and got convinced it was the truss rod. It was the machine heads. I had the same thing, and it was the machine heads. One of the vintage style Fender tuners where it fits into the shaft of the head mechanism was slightly loose and resonating / buzzing on certain notes. Fixed it with a small amount of superglue, job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono Bolton Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 On 30/09/2024 at 23:14, casapete said: I had the same thing, and it was the machine heads. One of the vintage style Fender tuners where it fits into the shaft of the head mechanism was slightly loose and resonating / buzzing on certain notes. Fixed it with a small amount of superglue, job done. I had the same thing. I put a piece of blu tack on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 My brother asked me to track down a faint, but annoying harmonic buzz on one open string of a guitar. It turned out that one of the nut slots was cut so it was fractionally higher just back from the mouth of the slot, perhaps one or two thousandths of an inch. A few movements of a fine blade sorted it, but it was almost impossible to detect. In this case, suspect anything that may not be 100% snug, try tapping gently with a screwdriver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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