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Post by unreg on Dec 14, 2020 22:36:20 GMT -5
Hi all!  While sitting here with my guitar in its post nail-polish-application state, there is a semi loud buzz, that quiets completely while touching the metal nut. My guitar is equipped with a Floyd Rose and its metal locking nut allows me to lock each pair of two strings with an Allen wrench. So, it stays in tune longer... sorry, everyone already knows this. It just occurred to me that this locking nut is not grounded... well wait, maybe the strings should send ground to this nut? Hmmm... I was thinking maybe the buzz travels down the strings from this locking nut.  Sorry if this is a waste of space. On the plus side, I’m still trying to eliminate this buzz.  |
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Post by newey on Dec 15, 2020 7:31:24 GMT -5
Touching the strings doesn't quiet the buzz, just touching the nut?
That is pretty bizarre. How hard are you pushing the nut to get it quiet? Applying a good deal of pressure, or just touching it? And, are you using some type of coated or tape-wrapped strings?
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Post by unreg on Dec 15, 2020 12:07:16 GMT -5
Touching the strings doesn't quiet the buzz, just touching the nut? Hi newey! 😀 Touching either, quiets the buzz, but touching the nut eliminates the buzz. Touching the strings almost eliminates the buzz though... there is a faint buzz while touching the strings, at least it seemed so last night. Oooh, and, assuredly, touching the strings farther from the nut quiets the buzz less. That is pretty bizarre. How hard are you pushing the nut to get it quiet? Applying a good deal of pressure, or just touching it? Applying some pressure; at least the buzz doesn’t completely silence unless the entire nut is touched by my finger. Maybe the tiny pressure has to do with my finger being pressed fully against the nut. And, are you using some type of coated or tape-wrapped strings? No, genuine Ernie Ball guitar strings (currently Super Slinky). Also, there is a metal string guide beyond the locking nut. It’s not touching the strings. Actually each string is pressed underneath against its top. (I don’t know what it’s called - that’s why it’s in italics.) |
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Post by unreg on Dec 15, 2020 12:59:27 GMT -5
newey, just retightened each of the 3 locking nut saddles and the buzz, without touching the guitar, got quieter, but it’s still present. (Also don’t know what they are called, so that made up name is in italics.)
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Post by newey on Dec 15, 2020 15:56:02 GMT -5
Hi newey! 😀 Touching either, quiets the buzz, but touching the nut eliminates the buzz. Touching the strings almost eliminates the buzz though... This would indicate that your bridge/string ground is working properly. The fact that it lessens with pressing your whoile finger on the locking nut seems to indicate that you are grounding yourself better that way than by just touching the strings. Are you using high gain levels, distortion and so forth when hearing this buzz? It is possible that you are just in a patricularly electrically "noisy" environment, and/or that your body just channels the noise more effectively than other people. You may want to try using the guitar/amp combo in a different room, on a different electrical circuit, etc. Sometimes the only way around this sort of issue is to use one of those noise suppression stompboxes. |
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Post by unreg on Dec 2, 2021 16:58:30 GMT -5
Sometimes the only way around this sort of issue is to use one of those noise suppression stompboxes. Thank you newey! 😀 Thankfully, I found this thread again and tried to obtain a noise suppression stompbox. Actually, now, I’m using the MXR M135 Smart Gate Pedal.  The sound is crystal clear/silent… at times my tone slightly adjusts (when I move that switch to “FULL” or when I turn the dial farther into the + side), but my guitar is honestly buzz (& hum) silent now! Some insightful reviews on Sweetwater’s BOSS NS-2 page and a Sweetwater Sales Engineer influenced my MXR purchase. (Bc I’m not using high gain/distortion.) |
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Post by unreg on Dec 24, 2021 9:18:17 GMT -5
Ohhh, 😯 after rearranging things, my guitar has now been buzz free without even turning on that mxr smartgate.
Sigh, I had placed my Foxy Tone Box pedal on top of my amp; now it’s on a board, on the floor, and my guitar has been buzz/hum free even without mxr. 🙂
Never follow pics found in Sweetwater’s comment section; especially that one with the pedal on top of the owner’s amp; at least, that’s what I’ve learned so far. 🙂
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Post by newey on Dec 26, 2021 15:52:46 GMT -5
Ohhh, 😯 after rearranging things, my guitar has now been buzz free without even turning on that mxr smartgate. Earlier, I suggested a different circuit, room, etc. The lesson to be learned here is to isolate that it is, in fact, your guitar that is the source of the noise. Process of elimination, swap the cable first (a dodgy cable is always #1 on my hit parade when trying to track down noise), swap amps second, swap circuits third, start with a straight signal chain to the amp, no pedals, etc. If there is no change with any of these iterations, then, and only then, should we conclude that the guitar is the source. |
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