How much does this bother people - I am mildly fixated on trying to eliminate it and I'd be interested to see if I can get some other perspectives. I dont even think I mean the awful nut cut too low open string buzz, but any buzzy sound from an aggressively twanged open string. Take, for example, any Gibson I have ever had - if I individually play for example the g, low e or a string hard enough and its going to buzz a bit, just for a milisecond maybe, but the note rings out fine. Is it wrong for me to want to replace the nut in this instance? Is it perhaps evidence of some kind of personality disorder? Does it even occur to other people, am I getting hung up for no reason? Any thoughts anyone?
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Depends on how hard you're picking with how stiff a plectrum, neck relief, and the string tension too... there is such a thing as a nut that's too high and that will mess with the intonation, likewise strings too low tension or picking too hard/too stiff a pick etc.
Neck relief, string gauge and action all require looking at to find that set up that works.
I have my bunkum theories as to what causes it, but I'm not daft enough to voice them here. Anyway, what with the Guitar Show coming up this weekend, I'll be interrogating folks ....