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[ShazzRandom]

..........Why?

I keep asking the same thing... Then I'm still lost haha

[ShazzRandom]

Sometimes you just need to go over every screw and nut on your guitar.

It's got to do with either the bigsby or the roller bridge (upgrade) cause it's affectig the strings.. Kind of like a high pitch hum?! Will try and get a vid/sound clip to show what I mean

[ShazzRandom]

Hey Shazz you should be able to work out where the rattle is coming from. Is the spring or mountings of the Bigsby loose ? This is the stock bridge isn't it ?

The springs them selves seem alright :/ and no it's an upgraded bridge (can't remember the brand but I'm pretty sure it's early on in my thread)

[wokkaboy]

oh not the humming blues again Shazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz !!!!

[DrNomis_44]

Sometimes you can get what's called a "sympathetic vibration" with springs on some guitars where the springs will start vibrating when you play a certain note on a certain string acoustically, happens in Fender Stratocasters.

[ShazzRandom]

oh not the humming blues again Shazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz !!!!

It's not electrical!! So that's a start :/ it's a hardware issue def!

[ShazzRandom]

Sometimes you can get what's called a "sympathetic vibration" with springs on some guitars where the springs will start vibrating when you play a certain note on a certain string acoustically, happens in Fender Stratocasters.

Hmm, you could be onto something! Think I'm gunna have to de string de bridge and de bigsby and give the bridge and bigsby a good ole shake

[DrNomis_44]

Hmm, you could be onto something! Think I'm gunna have to de string de bridge and de bigsby and give the bridge and bigsby a good ole shake

See if you can pinpoint where the high-pitched hum is coming from, that will most likely give you an idea on what's causing it, does the high-pitched hum sound like it's coming from the headstock end of the neck?, or does it sound like it's coming from the body of the guitar?


If it involves the strings, the high-pitched hum could be what I call Sitar-Buzz, which is sometimes caused by the string-slots in the nut, what happens is that the string vibrates against the side of the nut and makes a Sitar-like buzzing sound, a sure sign is that the string doesn't sustain for very long.

[ShazzRandom]

See if you can pinpoint where the high-pitched hum is coming from, that will most likely give you an idea on what's causing it, does the high-pitched hum sound like it's coming from the headstock end of the neck?, or does it sound like it's coming from the body of the guitar?


If it involves the strings, the high-pitched hum could be what I call Sitar-Buzz, which is sometimes caused by the string-slots in the nut, what happens is that the string vibrates against the side of the nut and makes a Sitar-like buzzing sound, a sure sign is that the string doesn't sustain for very long.

It's definitely the body end. Will dismantle her tomorrow and see what I can sus out... May have to get a genuine bigsby (not that it would be a bad thing haha)

[DrNomis_44]

It's definitely the body end. Will dismantle her tomorrow and see what I can sus out... May have to get a genuine bigsby (not that it would be a bad thing haha)

No worries, well that rules out Sitar-Buzzing then, it might just be something as simple as a wire vibrating against the insides of the body of your guitar then.