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machine head problem i think

  • 19-12-2004 7:41pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 26,555 ✭✭✭✭


    right i bought a nice crafter acoustic just to mess around with and after getting my les paul i was low on funds.

    but last night i notice if i play abit hard on the strings i get a hum that seems to come from the machine heads. (i broke E string last night) just wondering is this usual as i think the hum only started after breaking the string.

    also a off topic question but what are them screws inside the machine heads for?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 4,279 ✭✭✭-=al=-


    it may be ur action and its causig fret buzz, Or the Nut, i doubt its the machine head.... Higher ur action is it the low or high e u broke??

    1. Raise the action
    2. use a ligher string gauge
    3. replace/higher the nut

    any of those might solve it...


  • Registered Users Posts: 26,555 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    -=al=- wrote:
    it may be ur action and its causig fret buzz, Or the Nut, i doubt its the machine head.... Higher ur action is it the low or high e u broke??

    1. Raise the action
    2. use a ligher string gauge
    3. replace/higher the nut

    any of those might solve it...
    sorry should of mentioned it was the high E string.

    what you mean by raise the action?


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,306 ✭✭✭NeMiSiS


    Did ya replace it with the same guage that was on it ?


  • Registered Users Posts: 26,555 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    i don't know cos i didn't have any high E strings to replace it with,

    it's buzzing when i have five strings on the guitar, no guitar shop near me is open on a sunday so i couldn't get any strings


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,038 ✭✭✭rob1891


    Does it buzz if you hold high e machine head post? It's just that it is a bit loose and has no tension on it. Stick a string on there and there won't be anything to vibrate.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 26,555 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    rob1891 wrote:
    Does it buzz if you hold high e machine head post? It's just that it is a bit loose and has no tension on it. Stick a string on there and there won't be anything to vibrate.
    that's what i think it is, but i can't get strings until tomorrow :(

    it doesn't viberate when i hold i think, i can't really try now as my parents are sleeping in the next room.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,279 ✭✭✭-=al=-


    the action is just how close the strings are to the fretboard.... But can u make any adjustments to the Machine head? u cud replace it, or if anything i mentioned helps...


  • Registered Users Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    chances are it'll be fine when you get a full set of strings on it


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    There is nothing keeping the high E machine head under tension, hence the rattle. Get a new string, problem solved.


  • Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,357 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Or check if there's a little screw on the side of the machine head (holding the knob on). If that's a little loose, a quick tighten should work. Not too tight mind, just tight enough to take out any slack.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 26,555 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    thanks all for your replies it's really **** when you break a string and you've no spares so you gotta wait til the shop is open to buy strings


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