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How to Get a Buzz Out of Your Guitar String

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Summary: Get a buzz out of a guitar string by getting the guitar intonated by a professional to make sure that the neck is straight and the action is high enough. Make sure a guitar string has not slipped off of the hard tail bridge, which could cause buzzing, with advice from an experienced guitarist and instructor in this free video on guitars.

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By Mike Prizzi
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Michael Prizzi is the guitarist for the hard rock band Pipebomb, a band that has opened for popular acts such as Seven Dust, Judas Priest, Mushroom Head, Anthrax and many others....read more

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"In this clip, we're going to talk about how to get a buzz out of your guitar. Say if your guitar, all of a sudden you're getting a buzzing noise, you've never had it before, and your string, certain one, maybe your fifth fret, what you need to do is get your guitar intonated, make sure your necks straight, bring it to a professional, don't try to do it yourself, and it's a combination of the trust rod, string the trust rod and your intonation on your bridge here. So, all guitars are different, some of them need a little more love and care than others. This ones a little beat up, it's got a couple of dead frets. Usually you'll hear a note not ring out, for example, that's a pretty dead fret right there. So, this guitar is definitely in need to go in the shop and get some work done on it. And, also sometimes peoples strings will slip off of the actual hard tail bridge and you won't even know it, it could be just a piece that needs to be filed down, it's just creating a little bit of a buzzing noise. So it could be a, could be a million things. Usually the actions too low."

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