Re: In Tuneness and Buzz
It can be hard to diagnose some of these weirdnesses, and even good mandolin repair folks can miss things. I had some weirdness in the E and A strings of a new mandolin - weak tone, a sort of buzzy thing with each pair of treble strings in which they were in tune when open but seemed a bit out of tune with each other when fretted. I tried a new nut and a PLEK machine fret job but they didn’t fix the problem (but the nut and PLEK jobs did fix some other problems). No other suggestions from the tech. I finally replaced the bridge with a Cumberland Acoustic and the weird/weak tone was fixed! I was thrilled, but I had to wonder why the technician didn’t notice a problem either with the sound or with the bridge.
Doug Brock
2018 Kimble 2 point (#259), Eastman MD315, Eastman MDA315, some guitars, banjos, and fiddles
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