Dead C# on G string

[StevenS]

I have a new Loar 600 that sounds fantastic . . . except the C sharp/6th fret on the G string. It's like that one note/fret is a dead zone compared to the tone elsewhere on the neck.

Any suggestions on remedies?

Thanks,
Steve

[Jim Garber]

If it is new, take it back to where you got it. Oh, probably mail order, right? In any case a good luthier should be able to remedy it. It could be a fret that needs to be adjusted.

[Jim Broyles]

Look down the edge of the fretboard from the headstock toward the bridge. The 7th fret is probably sticking up a little higher than the two adjacent frets. The other way to tell is to lay a straight edge on the frets and see if it rocks - I bet it does at the 7th fret. It is not a hard job at all for a competent repair person to remedy this situation. It might go down and stay down with a little super glue and a tap back in place., Or it may take a filing and crowning to correct the high fret. Either fix is pretty easy if you know what you're doing. I am not a builder, and I've done both things. Hope this helps. Note - it could be a low 6th fret, but it is almost always a high fret when this happens. If it's a low fret, the fret has to be replaced. This should be covered by your seller, by the way.

[Willie]

You might try raising the base side of the bridge a tad.... and maybe a different gauge set of strings.....Willie

[ralph johansson]

if the trouble is at the 7th fret the tone will buzz or pinch. could be also that the 6th fret is loose, and a lot of energy is lost in rocking that fret.

try tuning the g strings down a half-step. if the problem moves to the 7th fret the trouble is the note, not the fret(s). there are dead spots (i believe the technical term is phase canellation) in all stringed instruments, although they're much more of an issue in guitars (in view of their their generally longer sustain). the solution then is play, play, play.