It might not be the guitar that's actually buzzing. by: Josh
I have a Yamaha full size classical guitar that I thought had an annoying buzz, especially when the bass strings were plucked.
I examined the guitar top to bottom and checking the inside for any possible abnormality that may have been the "buzz culprit." My search reaped no successes. I still heard the buzz.
I took the guitar to an instrument repair shop and the tech said that my guitar didn't have any buzzes. I was stymied! When I returned home with my guitar I sat down to play and sure enough the buzz was heard! By now I was furious.
I felt like putting my fist through the guitar (no I didn't do it.) To conclude all of this, I finally detected the source of buzz. It happened to be a metal picture frame on my wall in back of where I play my guitar! Who could've imagined that it was a piece of artwork that was vibrating on the wall?!
I decided to face the artwork while strumming my guitar and sure enough the buzz was real loud. I took the artwork off the wall and no more buzz!
The bass notes on my classical are quite punchy and I guess if some surrounding object is just the right density it?ll rattle too.
Feb 16, 2009
guitar repair by: Anonymous
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