weird buzz

[bradeinhorn]

just changed strings....

i have a buzz on on the D strings on the 6th ,7th, and 8th fret

and on the unfretted A and 1st through 4th frets....

what gives???

[Hal Loflin]

Just curious...Did you take off all of the strings at one time? I did this once to a mandolin and the loss of tension on the neck caused it to change and some strings buzzed. For some strange reason this was due to the truss rod being loose...probably not tight to begin with. I tightened the truss rod and the buzz went away.

Disclaimer: I by no means am an expert at fine tuning mandolins, especially truss rods. I did some research that begain with the Cafe archives and learned how to adjust a truss rod and this solved the problem. This might be what happened to you and I wanted to pass on my experience to you.

See what some more experienced folks have to say about this.

Hal

[bradeinhorn]

nope. one at a time.

i think as i'm i'm breaking these strings in it is going away...

is this common?

[Loren Bailey]

I too am by no means an expert. In my limited experience I find that strings are pretty "jangly" at first. Once they settle in they lose it. Wait it out a bit. I know what you feel like tho, my first instinct is to panic.

Loren