Dear David and Gary,
Thanks for the tips. I don't think it's a problem with the tension - I
have only about 3.5kg on all my fingerboard strings at the moment!
I'll check my frets again though - the first fret is quite thick
(1.2mm) so that might be causing a hump as Gary points out
Sam,
This may be another shot in the dark, but when you tie frets, sometimes
there is a small hump in the fret where the flat part bends around to
the back of the neck, even if the frets are really tight. A slightly
bulging fret at this bend could cause buzzing and it's likely to cause
it on
Sounds like a problem caused by too high tension. But you lowered the
tension, you said ...
Do you have highest tension on the third string (the highest sounding)
and say 90% lower on the first string (the second highest) and then
90% lower on the rest? Equal tension on all is also possible (my
te
Interesting. I don't have an answer, but I have a problem of my own:
when I string my theorbo with gut, the 1st course always becomes untrue
rapidly and starts to buzz against the frets, long before I have such
problems on the other strings. Even if the string is fine when I put it
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