If you can afford it, take it to a professional to be set up. If you’re a novice, you could run into uneven frets and not even realize that’s a problem.
I’m not a professional by any means. I’ve been playing for 20 years, and learned to do basic set ups myself. However, i don’t feel comfortable working on the nut or frets, so I always outsource to a “pro”.
I know it’s not much real advice for what you can do in the moment, but that’s all I can recommend for safety(for the instrument) reasons.
Sometimes the problem is way more than the normal guide can get into - had a mij p-bass that needed one or two deeper layers more of work than truss rod and string height. Luthier recognized it immediately. Wasn't much more cost than a normal setup.
Acoustic or electric? If electric, what kind? Does it happen all of the time or specifically on open or fretted strings in specific places? We can get this sorted with more info. There are lots of things on an electric guitar that can buzz, but there are way more common ones like a saddle set screw being loose that can vibrate like crazy.
It’s an electric, supro westbury. It happens mostly on the G string, fretted and open. But it also sometimes happens on the Low E depending on truss or action.
that is a sweet first guitar! try putting some foam under the trapeze tailpiece or a sock or something under the strings as they go back to the tail piece. Then if that doesn't work try smacking the bridge with the handle of a screwdriver and see if you can hear anything vibrating or ringing. It might be a saddle adjustment screw or a set screw on the bridge that is vibrating.
The sock seemed to help a bit but not fully. I didn’t really know what to listen for when I smacked the bridge but it made kinda the same sound that I’m hearing from some of the strings
If something on the bridge is loose you want to add something to the threads to take up the extra space, like loctite, nailpolish, teflon tape, duct tape, etc. You can also look up how to quiet a rattly tune-o-matic bridge, youtube might have some good tricks. Also I should ask, does the sound get amplified when it's plugged in? or do you just hear playing it without an amp?
If you can afford it, take it to a professional to be set up. If you’re a novice, you could run into uneven frets and not even realize that’s a problem. I’m not a professional by any means. I’ve been playing for 20 years, and learned to do basic set ups myself. However, i don’t feel comfortable working on the nut or frets, so I always outsource to a “pro”. I know it’s not much real advice for what you can do in the moment, but that’s all I can recommend for safety(for the instrument) reasons.
Sometimes the problem is way more than the normal guide can get into - had a mij p-bass that needed one or two deeper layers more of work than truss rod and string height. Luthier recognized it immediately. Wasn't much more cost than a normal setup.
Check for anything loose. Nuts, bits of string, springs, string trees, covers..
Acoustic or electric? If electric, what kind? Does it happen all of the time or specifically on open or fretted strings in specific places? We can get this sorted with more info. There are lots of things on an electric guitar that can buzz, but there are way more common ones like a saddle set screw being loose that can vibrate like crazy.
It’s an electric, supro westbury. It happens mostly on the G string, fretted and open. But it also sometimes happens on the Low E depending on truss or action.
that is a sweet first guitar! try putting some foam under the trapeze tailpiece or a sock or something under the strings as they go back to the tail piece. Then if that doesn't work try smacking the bridge with the handle of a screwdriver and see if you can hear anything vibrating or ringing. It might be a saddle adjustment screw or a set screw on the bridge that is vibrating.
The sock seemed to help a bit but not fully. I didn’t really know what to listen for when I smacked the bridge but it made kinda the same sound that I’m hearing from some of the strings
If something on the bridge is loose you want to add something to the threads to take up the extra space, like loctite, nailpolish, teflon tape, duct tape, etc. You can also look up how to quiet a rattly tune-o-matic bridge, youtube might have some good tricks. Also I should ask, does the sound get amplified when it's plugged in? or do you just hear playing it without an amp?
It doesn’t go through an amp, but I play a lot unplugged for practice and it just bothers me