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great idea jenny

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Hey I got a problem. I just switched the strings on my guitar (see sig) to Ernie Ball Light Top/Heavy Bottoms (10 - 52) so that I could get some lower tunings. But I get a crap load of fret buzz. I adjusted the bridge (a Floyd Rose Licenced Trem) to a reasonable height and messed with the trem springs in the back of the guitar but I can't get rid of all the fret buzz.

Also, on another note, I read that Ernie Ball slinky strings are bad for floating trems because of their elestacicity. Can anyone confirm this?

jj1565

where is the buzz? what frets and what strings?

also, as far as the type of strings being bad for a guitar... it might just make it harder to keep it in tune.

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mr. riff

Around the first frets (really bad) and second frets (not so bad).

madpickin03

Dr. Jen, can i be the hot nurse?


You might wanna adjust your truss rod a tad bit and make sure your action aint so low. Birdge parallel of course.

As for the EB case, that's a load of crap. I use it and they're fine, strings are preference.

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jj1565

yep sounds like neck angle.
like said ^ by our resident hot nurse and floyd expert, it might be ur neck angle, assuming ur bridge is level.

with a level, balanced bridge, measure ur neck angle.


fret the first fret Low E string, at the same time,
fret the last fret Low E string, where the neck and body meet.

with both places held look at the middle frets. 7-9th.

if the strings lay on the fretwire there u have some backbow, and u need more bend.

probably not in ur case, but if there was more than a credit cards thickness space between the fretwire and the string there, then u would have too much bend.

anyway, measure and repost.

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good idea nothing wrog with me guitar atm

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Hi Jenny,
question about changing strings.
Am i right in thinking that i would go about changing the strings on my Ibanez JS1000 (edge pro system) the same way as i would with a floyd rose trem system?
I Have searched forums but cannot find a deffinitive answer.
Thanks in advance.

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Armon

Hi Jenny, guys,

Here's my story. Last January I bought some new strings for my strat clone. The guy behind the counter asked what brand and guage, but I was so noobish he gave me a pack of 10s. Since then I have got another guitar and I have compared the two. The action on the strat clone was all the way up and the neck seemed to be bowing up a little. Played like crap compared to my Ibanez as well.

Anyway, I just read the post above and tried it on mine. Holding the first and last fret down there was no room for a creditcard on the 7th-9th frets. Also, because I found my allen keys yesterday, I just tried to lower the action a bit, to see if that might solve anything. I broke my high E while LOOSENING it lol. That's not supposed to happen is it.

So my question is (sorry for the long story), can anyone tell what's wrong and how to solve it. Thanks

jj1565

i would think so, ive never held that guitar, but i would assume u could stabilize the bridge first with a 9 volt battery sized block for behind the trem, and or swap one string at a time... unless u meant how u thread them thru the bridge?

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jj1565

well u probably did have 10's on before, but if u took all the strings off at once, im guessing the neck relaxed a bit.

you can swap strings again, this time one at a time get a set of 11's.
and make sure the bridge is flat against the body of the strat.

or if u like the 10's repost and ill talk u thru a neck adjustment, so u can lower ur action without buzz.

and no, usually, unless there is a sharp edge on the saddle, nothing should snap with such a minor action adjustment.

also, u say loosening the action. hopefully, u mean raising and lowering. action, like shown above.

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Thanks for this thread Jenny.So annyways, I want to change from guage 9s to 11s (and my guitar came with 9s) do I need to adjust the truss rod or get a new nut or something

,Tim

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Could you explain when and how you should make a truss rod adjustment?

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as related to a few post here, would i need to adjust my truss rod if switching from 10s to 11s?

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jj1565

11's arent a huge step. you might just notice a higher action on a TOM bridge
or the bridge lifting a bit on a strat style.

both things are adjustable.

as for the nut cuts... it shouldnt matter but i wouldnt know unless i looked at the guitar.

swap one string at a time, for most stability.

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Thanks for the reply. I'll get 11s next time. The string snapped at the tuner, the saddle seems to be fine. Oh and I loosened the string a bit because I've read that somewhere. Action is raised and lowered, yes I know. edit: I did swap em one at a time iirc.

jj1565

jackal: same ifo goes for u. you would probably only need a slight adjustment, if u almost needed one right now. no one can tell u 100% for sure, until u change them.


also: today UG wont let me edit.

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same for me( fret buzz)