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Nov 13 2011 12:05pm
hi... im a newbie...

I think my guitar neck is bent coz it's making a little buzzing sound.
However i don't really know how to fix this. I think it's probably due to the truss rod.


any advise will be appreciated! :)
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Nov 13 2011 01:41pm
Does it look bent or curved when you look at the headstock from the bottom of the body?

Is it all the strings or just the low / high strings? If so - it could be your bridge
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Nov 13 2011 06:37pm
could be low action.
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Nov 13 2011 07:09pm
im using an m600 cort



neck looks straight, but im not too sure since im not a pro technician.

the bridge is screwed quite low though.
i tried raising the bridge but playing will be uncomfortable and still a slight buzzing sound.
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Nov 13 2011 09:39pm
Don't adjust the truss rod yourself. For under $30 you can have a tech setup the guitar completely and it will play and sound much better. The best advice here is to take it to a tech until you become more familiar with adjusting the truss rod yourself, since you probably do not know what type of truss rod your guitar has (yes there are 3 different types of commonly used truss rods).
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Nov 14 2011 12:26am
dont fuck with the rod yourself go to a luther and pay around $25-35. it could also be that you neck has a bow in it, either formed itself or made to help the action. specifically what strings are buzzing?

luther might also suggest a refret.
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Nov 14 2011 03:36am
Any guitar shop should be able to re-adjust the Bridge for you, and some of the nice ones won't charge if you ask them to look to do it yourself next time.

Essentially it'll have 2 wheels, one will raise/lower the lower strings, and one will raise/lower the higher strings.

Simply raise or lower until you have no ringing across the board - or see 1st sentence ^_^
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