Setting up my P-Bass

Barnocious

Has anyone got any suggestions...??? I have an '89 Jap P-Bass at home and every time i hit the open A i get this horrible buzzing, really loud, i think its hitting off of the first fret wire. I've tried raising the height of the strings but this doesn't seem to be working.....i also adjusted the relief on the neck (very cautiously) but nothing is working. Any geniuses out there who can solve this problem???

Doctor J

Is it clearing the first fret?

Can you take pics of the setup?

Darkstrike

I there enough break angle after the nut?

-=al=-

it could be a high fret or a replacement nut might do the trick, or even take the nut off and raise it a little yourself... but thats dengerous stuff and what id probably do last

Barnocious

Doctor J wrote: »

Is it clearing the first fret?

Can you take pics of the setup?

Yeah....il post some pics tomorrow.
It is clearing the first fret but you'll see when i play on the first fret, where the string hits the wire, right at that point there is an unusual kink in the string. I have changed sets but this problem re-occurs.

Barnocious

-=al=- wrote: »

it could be a high fret or a replacement nut might do the trick, or even take the nut off and raise it a little yourself... but thats dengerous stuff and what id probably do last

Good thinking.....some sort of shim yes?? Any recommended materials?

Parsley

A common problem with the Fender design headstock is that the A string goes pretty straight from the nut to the tuner without much of a break angle, which can cause it to rattle in the nut. Make sure the string is wound around the tuner a good 3 or 4 times and that it winds so there is a decent angle over the nut.

ham_n_mustard

i might be waaaay out here, but does the buzzing stop when you hold the tuning heads? had (still have) this problem with an old fenix 5 string. the head of one was loose and when i struck a lower register open note, the thing just started buzzing like mad. like i said though, probably miles out with this idea

Barnocious

Parsley wrote: »

A common problem with the Fender design headstock is that the A string goes pretty straight from the nut to the tuner without much of a break angle, which can cause it to rattle in the nut. Make sure the string is wound around the tuner a good 3 or 4 times and that it winds so there is a decent angle over the nut.

Cool....will give that a shot tonight but i doubt it, Thanks.

Barnocious

ham_n_mustard wrote: »

i might be waaaay out here, but does the buzzing stop when you hold the tuning heads? had (still have) this problem with an old fenix 5 string. the head of one was loose and when i struck a lower register open note, the thing just started buzzing like mad. like i said though, probably miles out with this idea

Nope.but i know what your on about..have that problem an the E tuner of my J-Bass.......good ole loctite does the job!

ham_n_mustard

i found wrigleys spearmint to be more than adequate:D