Fret buzz issue

[ashevans09]

Heya,

Recently my Fender P has started to develop fret buzz, though it only occurs when playing an open A. Everywhere else is fine and the neck appears to be correct so is this a nut issue? It's a pretty old bass (1978) so would a new nut be the best route here?

Cheers,

Ash

[greyparrot]

[quote name='ashevans09' post='503707' date='Jun 2 2009, 12:41 PM']Heya,

Recently my Fender P has started to develop fret buzz, though it only occurs when playing an open A. Everywhere else is fine and the neck appears to be correct so is this a nut issue? It's a pretty old bass (1978) so would a new nut be the best route here?

Cheers,

Ash[/quote]


The neck should have a slight concave bend in it, and giving the age of the bass, and the weather, the truss rod may need a tweek.

GP.

[The Bass Doc]

Just on open A? Can you establish if the buzz is eminating from behind the nut by depressing the string between nut and machine - if so, the likely explanation is too little wrap on the A-string post giving insufficient break angle.

See what happens and report back.

[MoonBassAlpha]

Did you recently go to a lighter gauge or different brand of strings?

You could insert a tiny sliver of business card into the bottom of the A string slot and see if that sorts the buzz out.

MBA

[ashevans09]

[quote name='The Bass Doc' post='503723' date='Jun 2 2009, 12:54 PM']Just on open A? Can you establish if the buzz is eminating from behind the nut by depressing the string between nut and machine - if so, the likely explanation is too little wrap on the A-string post giving insufficient break angle.

See what happens and report back.[/quote]

Depressing the string gets rid of it, so it seems you're right! , so if i understand correctly a fix for this would be changing out the string and wrapping it more around the post?

Edited June 2, 2009 by ashevans09

[ashevans09]

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' post='503726' date='Jun 2 2009, 12:58 PM']Did you recently go to a lighter gauge or different brand of strings?[/quote]

Nope, always had EB heavies on it...

[ashevans09]

[quote name='greyparrot' post='503714' date='Jun 2 2009, 12:46 PM']The neck should have a slight concave bend in it, and giving the age of the bass, and the weather, the truss rod may need a tweek.

GP.[/quote]

And yeah that was my original thought as well, but all seems well and fine with the rod

[The Bass Doc]

There you go - unless you're going to re-string using more wraps, simply slacken the string to the point whre you can push the wrap right down and hold it there while you re-tighten.

Glad to help.

[ashevans09]

[quote name='The Bass Doc' post='503743' date='Jun 2 2009, 01:07 PM']There you go - unless you're going to re-string using more wraps, simply slacken the string to the point whre you can push the wrap right down and hold it there while you re-tighten.

Glad to help.[/quote]

Thanks alot mate