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Old October 15th, 2005, 05:50 PM   #1 (permalink)
Doug R
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Location: Spokane, WA USA
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Small rattle or buzz

At a certain note or pitch, I have been noticing a little buzzing/rattling sound coming from my Telecaster - mostly at the frequency of the open B-string.
Sitting with it unplugged the other night, I started picking the B-string and moving my hand around trying to find out where the buzz was coming from. I tightened down all the pickguard screws, the strap pins, the neck and bridge screws, and finally found that the noise was coming from the neck pickup. I rattles just slightly at that certain pitch.
Okay, what do ya' do?
Take it all apart, take out the springs and put rubber tubing under it?
Shove a sliver of a pick down the slot next to it?
Push in a little piece of cloth or rubber next to it?
Super glue?
Any safe and simple fixes to stop the buzzing?
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