RoscoeElegante
Friend of Leo's
Despite a few just-too-busy-to-play periods, been at this for 46 years now. Never realized this could be a problem.
Was preparing to record in a very quiet room during a very quiet period in our sometimes-noisy neighborhood. Playing a cowboy G, I heard a low-level metallic rattling. It was on the open D note. Okay, so check all the open notes. Yep, open E and A too, but not anything else.
Fret buzz? Too metallic, almost tinny for that. I held the fretboard up to the light, sideways-wise. Nothing touching. Fretting notes here and there, I could still hear it, and most distinctly when the low E, A, and D were open.
Puzzle's solution: the 1/2 inch extra piece of the low E string, stemming out of the post, which I'd bent under that string--and the A and D--was touching them. A bit of vibration on 'em = the rattle.
Never occurred to me that this could be a source of phantom noises. But, of course, is very obvious. Don't know if I never noticed it before--I can be dumb--or I just lucked out so steadily I never caused this for myself before--I've sometimes been lucky.
Anyway, easily resolved. And maybe helpful to others. Before fretting about frets, check where you've tucked your string ends.
Was preparing to record in a very quiet room during a very quiet period in our sometimes-noisy neighborhood. Playing a cowboy G, I heard a low-level metallic rattling. It was on the open D note. Okay, so check all the open notes. Yep, open E and A too, but not anything else.
Fret buzz? Too metallic, almost tinny for that. I held the fretboard up to the light, sideways-wise. Nothing touching. Fretting notes here and there, I could still hear it, and most distinctly when the low E, A, and D were open.
Puzzle's solution: the 1/2 inch extra piece of the low E string, stemming out of the post, which I'd bent under that string--and the A and D--was touching them. A bit of vibration on 'em = the rattle.
Never occurred to me that this could be a source of phantom noises. But, of course, is very obvious. Don't know if I never noticed it before--I can be dumb--or I just lucked out so steadily I never caused this for myself before--I've sometimes been lucky.
Anyway, easily resolved. And maybe helpful to others. Before fretting about frets, check where you've tucked your string ends.
