What’s The Buzz On My Strings
You just received the new bass guitar you ordered by mail and can’t wait to get started playing it. You are all excited opening the box, you undo all the packing and carefully take it out of the box, put your strap on it and start to play.
In playing a note on the first fret you notice the strings are high and it is very difficult to play or there’s a buzz on the string. You try the next string and find the same, you discover all the strings have the same problem, don’t be alarmed this is not an uncommon condition, and is easy to remedy.
On the bridge of your bass guitar there are barrel like pieces that the strings sit on these are called saddles. These saddles need to be lowered if the strings are too high, or raised if you are getting a buzz.
The saddles are easy to adjust, do one string at a time then adjust the remaining strings the same way. If you are raising the saddles don’t forget to let up on the string tension with the tuning peg, and don’t forget to tune your bass guitar when you are finished. Lots of luck, I know you can do it.