My guitar's string is buzzing - what is the cause?

Dagged

Hi all,

Today I bought this guitar: Fender Squier Affinity Stratocaster. My first guitar ever ;P I started to play chords and after while one of string (A) start like buzzing (it sounds like it wasn't pressed enough, like metal sound ..., by I pressed very strong ). I don't know if it is caused by wrong tuning or guitar is faulty? Or maybe it is my fault ('cause i don't know how to play? )

If you could give me some tips it would be great

Thanks

Mental Mickey

Maybe it's tightened too much and is hitting off the frets?

Dagged

Should I go back to the shop or is there anything I can do it myself ?

Mental Mickey

Dagged wrote: »

Should I go back to the shop or is there anything I can do it myself ?

Loosen it and then re-tune all the strings. If it persists, go back to the shop?

Where did you buy it?

Dagged

Mental Mickey wrote: »

Where did you buy it?

Goodwins Music

Mental Mickey

Dagged wrote: »

Goodwins Music

Never heard of them? Where are they?

eagle10

Sounds like it just needs a bit of setting up.
Set up is fairly straight foward if you know what your at and have the tools required which are minimal just a few allen keys and screw drivers.

Guitars often do not come from factory set up properly imo.
It may be 1 of a few things.
A string low all of the saddles should have an even curviture to match the radius of the fretboard so it should look evenly arched.
The truss rod may need a little tweaking to add a little relief to the neck (a bit of a bow in it)

Perhaps one fret is protruding slightly not very common imo.
There might be a slight gimp in the neck if its only on one string and the saddle is not to low.

Try bringing it back to the shop and if its only a minor adjustmaent thats needed they should be able to sort it out there and then;)

Dagged

Mental Mickey wrote: »

Never heard of them? Where are they?

http://www.goodwinsmusic.ie/electric_guitars

They on Capel street...

So you think it may be a fault on guitar ?

eagle10

Mental Mickey wrote: »

Maybe it's tightened too much and is hitting off the frets?

Whats too tight?

This is terrible information

Dagged

Thanks eagle10,

I will try to bring it back...

Mental Mickey

eagle10 wrote: »

Whats too tight?

This is terrible information

It's not really if you read the title of the thread again?

eagle10

Mental Mickey wrote: »

It's not really if you read the title of the thread again?

Fair enough however you could tune an a up as far as d and I dont think you would get that fretting but I could be wrong

boblong

Could be fret buzz (string not completely clearing a fret and "buzzing") - which would be fixed by raising the action at the bridge or getting the frets looked at by a professional. Adjusting the action is pretty easy if you look at a few tutorials online for your type of bridge. This is the most likely problem.

Could be a funky truss rod - I don't recommend you adjust your truss rod yourself.

I've had some tremolo springs buzz before, which I fixed by stuffing the cavity with padding - I think Steve Vai does this too.

eagle10

Dagged
Have a read tru these
It helps when you understand what going on when attempting a set up

http://www.fender.com/support/articles/stratocaster-setup-guide

http://www.guitarnoise.com/lesson/scale-length-explained/

http://hubpages.com/hub/Guitar-Intonation

http://ezinearticles.com/?Adjusting-Guitar-Action&id=2318784

Do you mean like a wolf note?

Dagged

Thanks I'll read these and I'll look on tutorials to raising the action .

teekayd25

Sometimes a string might not be sitting properly on one of its grooves (there's usually one at either end, where the string is in direct contact with the guitar). If this is the problem you can simply loosen / remove / refit the string and then ensure that it is properly set.

Dagged

Hi,

Tomorrow I'm going to visit someone who knows this stuff and I'll see what's the problem

newballsplease

Maybe its because the OP is a beginner? either not pressing hard enough on the string? Or not close enough to the fret? Or another finger touching the string when you strum?

Dagged

Ha ha my guitar was not tuned at all now it's OK, no buzzing, also I was using to much power ... So I'm glad because it is not equipment.

Thank you all for advice