My epiphone post pro-setup

[rudarb]

Hi,

I got to pick up my Les Paul on Friday from getting a pro set-up. It was at my local guitar center, the tech they have there is real good. It looks brand new, the fret board and inlays especially. A few questions though. The main problems I had with it was fret buzz and tuning issues. The buzz was around the second, third and fourth fret, its still there, but only if I strum with some force, if I strum normally its gone (think thats normal). Theres buzz on the twelth fret, dont know if its exactly 'fret buzz' but its not really a big problem. The tech put new strings on it and theyre still stretching and stuff, can this be the problem?

[JMV]

Originally Posted by rudarb

Hi,

I got to pick up my Les Paul on Friday from getting a pro set-up. It was at my local guitar center, the tech they have there is real good. It looks brand new, the fret board and inlays especially. A few questions though. The main problems I had with it was fret buzz and tuning issues. The buzz was around the second, third and fourth fret, its still there, but only if I strum with some force, if I strum normally its gone (think thats normal). Theres buzz on the twelth fret, dont know if its exactly 'fret buzz' but its not really a big problem. The tech put new strings on it and theyre still stretching and stuff, can this be the problem?

I would imagine the problem to be uneven frets. Either that, or the action needs to be raised a bit for your tastes. There's not one setup for everyone, despite what many people think.

[The Guitarist]

well the fret buzz with force is normal, the strings ring in an ellipse shape, and so wen that becomes a large enough ellipse, it will hit the frets.

[rudarb]

Yeah I was looking at it and I think I figured it out. The bridge was almost flat with the top of the guitar, I raised up the left side and the buzz is gone, I was happy. Thanks for the input

[ZoSo0789]

Originally Posted by rudarb

Yeah I was looking at it and I think I figured it out. The bridge was almost flat with the top of the guitar, I raised up the left side and the buzz is gone, I was happy. Thanks for the input

yeah, but now you gotta re-intonate and in the future have to readjust the truss rod (but I seriously doubt it) lol. Theres about 100 million thing that must be in perfect sync at the same time for a setup lol. Move one thing, and it throws everything else off... pain in the ass