The 3rd fret on the high E is dead. It's my acoustic. I have been playing for a long time and I'm good, but I don't know how to figure this out. Do I have to adjust the truss rod? Iv'e looked down the neck and it doesn't seem to be warped in any place and I do leave it in the gig bag when I'm not using it and I do not leave it in hot then cold hot then cold etc..... It has not been exposed to excessive moisture or heat.
2007-03-19 07:29:06 · 4 answers · asked by Patsfan34 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Never adjust the truss rod as a cure for this unless you have ruled out all the other issues.
My guess, as another answerer above states, is that you need to have your frets levelled. Look at the frets, you might notice "dents" in them. This is normal wear from playing. If you play a lot of chords it is common for the first 3 frets to wear faster than the rest.
2007-03-19 08:47:54 · answer #1 · answered by bikeworks 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have fret buzzes (there's no such thing as "dead frets"). When you fret a note, the string is hitting a fret higher up the neck and making a buzzing noise. The white parts to which you refer are called the "nut" (peghead end) and the "saddle" (in a slot on the bridge; don't take advice from people who confuse the saddle with the bridge!). I am sure the bridge was not replaced, but replacing the saddle with a taller one is one way of dealing with buzzing on the high frets. If only your high E did it, they probably only made that end of the new saddle taller. A saddle isn't going to get shorter by itself, so if the problem came back, something else is shifting in your guitar, and doing so with frightening rapidity. One possibility is that the neck is bowing, twisting, or the angle it is set in at is changing. Does the guitar have an adjustible truss rod? If so, having it adjusted may help the problem. Alternatively, there may be something going on in the bridge area, like bridge rotation or caving in of the top due to weak or inadequate bracing. Since it's just the high E, another possibility is that some of the fret ends have come loose and risen up. It's hard to imagine a competent repairman not spotting that, though, or not being able to glue them down to stay. You should ask the folks at the shop to explain to you what may be going on here, and whether it is fixable. I am getting the feeling that this is a very inexpensive guitar, so replacement may be your best bet, depending on what they tell you.
2016-03-29 06:21:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um...not sure what you mean by "Dead". If you mean that the note doesn't change from one fret to the next then it's likely one of two things - either the fret has somehow settled or worked loose, or the neck needs adjustment (which you can't always see with the naked eye). If you have a long metal straight-edge or a level you can lay it along the frets on that side of the neck to chek both fret height and neck bow. Or, better still, take it to a reliable guitar tech and have them check it out.
2007-03-19 07:34:22 · answer #3 · answered by sixstringbassguy 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you need to get your frets leveled. Take it to your local luthier and they will fix you right up.
2007-03-19 07:35:08 · answer #4 · answered by ♫ՖքØØķ¥♫ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋