String buzz- HELP!

Bob Holo

Craig Bumgarner wrote:

Shawn:

Then inject epoxy into the hole. Some kind of non-adhesive dampening material would probably be better (warmed up bees wax?) might be better, but I used epoxy and it worked ok).

Craig

Um.... don't epoxy the truss rod. You could get yourself into a world of hurt doing that... and unless you're fairly experienced with guitar repair - doing a blind drill into the neck in search of the truss rod is risky as well....

If you've never taken a power tool to an acoustic instrument - do not attempt this repair.

Sorry... don't mean to be demonstrative about this... but... just don't do that... Trust me... if you screw up the blind drill and/or some of the epoxy gets through the thin coat of grease they put on the truss rods and binds them together or binds them to the neck... the repair is complete removal of the fingerboard... excavation of the truss rod... replacement... $250 would be in the ballpark for fixing the guitar if you don't get lucky.

Craig - unless you got really lucky - your truss rod doesn't work anymore so be very careful if you try adjusting it and it doesn't seem to want to turn. If you snap it - given the simple light nature of the Gitane necks, it will likely start to bow and within a year or two you'll be playing a banana.

Shawn

Thanks for the ideas everyone. I would not dare drill into the neck of the guitar for something as minor as a slight buzz. I think I will examine the notch in the bridge as Ken suggested; that is where the buzz appears to be coming from. If that doesn't work I will try the loop end string idea that Elliot suggested.

drolling

For what it's worth, I have to mention that I bought a large batch of Argies (locally - not from Michael!!) and EVERY SINGLE G STRING WAS DEAD..

This was before I heard about the "counterclockwise-twist" trick, and I ended up going w/plain nickel/steel G strings till I used up all the sets.

I noticed that you've got 11s on both your guitars, so you could be experiencing the same phenomenon.

It's funny, but 'dead-strings' were something I'd heard of, but never encountered till I got into GJ.

I've had a few dead 'A' strings, too. That's why I switched to Gallis a while back..