I have a Takamine acoustic guitar, and the high E string has a weird rattling sound when I play half way up the neck, close to the bridge. I tried changing ther string, but it wont work...no, it';s not handmade or anything...the problem just started yesterday...HELP!!!! I need help really soon, too. I need this guitar for tomorrow. THANKS!!!!!!
2007-01-25 08:16:42 · 5 answers · asked by sttuesday 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
It sounds like the high E string's action is too close to the neck......so when you're playing halfway up the neck, the string is hitting the higher frets and causing the buzz. It could require a truss rod adjustment, but if the other strings are good, it's probably a nut or bridge issue. You should take it somewhere and have a tech take a look at it.....the high E string could have cut a deeper groove into the neck, causing the action to get lower, which would in turn cause the buzzing/rattling. It should be an easy, quick fix for a guitar tech.
2007-01-25 08:29:40 · answer #1 · answered by mike_d_pgh 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Certain acoustic-electric guitars won't sound that great, specifically ones with synthetic backs and sides, like Ovation or the Fender stratocoustic and Telecoustic. Obviously, the preamp and battery box is going to effect the sound to certain degree, which is why the better guitars don't have them, they just have a pickup and a jack. If you need to plug in, there aren't a lot of options without upgrading by a couple hundred, or micing the guitar. Most acoustic experts will tell it's the best way to go anyway, because even the pickup won't replicate a true acoustic sound. If you don't need to plug in, you have other options for upgrading at the two-three hundred dollar price range. But before doing that, I would try changing the strings out. And after that, I would ask your uncle, and others with an acoustic ear, what he thinks of the guitar sound. Sometimes, we see someone playing an instrument we want, and all of a sudden our instrument doesn't sound as good.
2016-05-23 23:24:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are one of two possible problems. One, your string action is to low and needs to be raised, in which case you need to adjust the truss rod, you can access it at the headstock right before the neck. There should be a plate that you can unscrew and then a bolt you turn to loosen or tighten to change the action. The other problem would be that the fret height is different than the others and needs to be filed down, or the others around it need to be filed. There is one more thing, now that I think of it your bridge height might need to be adjusted, but I guess that goes with the string action. Let me know if that helped or e-mail me back for more info.
-Spencer
2007-01-25 08:43:35 · answer #3 · answered by Guitarfire 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take the guitar to a music shop and possibly have them adjust the truss rods to fix the action on your guitar, or it could be a loose screw.
Either way, a music shop should be able to help you out.
2007-01-25 08:31:58 · answer #4 · answered by Abbie M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have a screw lose in the neck or the bridge. take it to a guitar tech and let them mess with it for awhile.
2007-01-25 08:25:28 · answer #5 · answered by Jonny 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋