Hi all.
If this is the wrong place for technical help please forgive me.
So my Martins action has randomly gotten much lower, so much so that I'm getting severe fret buzz past the 7th fret. The weather here in the UK has been warmer and drier as you know so I wonder if its contributed.
As no other part of the guitar has ever been adjusted apart from the truss, I assumed it'd just warped a little. However, I cannot literally loosen the truss anymore. I got it the point where you can hardly even feel it moving so I stopped. The guitar neck is very very straight with the slightest of bows.
It seems odd to me that this has happened over a day and I'm at a bit of a loss! Could it has dried out? Should I leave it in the case with a spongebag setup?
Thanks in advance!
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
It's at whatever it was out of the factory as I haven't adjusted it. Il try measuring it. It was absolutely fine until now.
Okay yes it's 7 and up its buzzing, as I imagine indicates its too low on that end which did confused me as I didn't think the saddle could be affected by humidity as the neck would
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
And its a Martin Custom X Series.
I shall try the homemade humidifier trick. Overnight would you think?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Almost wondered if I think coat or 3 of nitro on the bare wood inside would help.
Good luck, I hope you get it sorted!
Interesting though as my Ozark acoustic that's about 9 years old has never lived in its case and the action is still as perfect as ever. I've never had to adjust it in all the time I've owned it.
Different treatments, different woods etc I assume!
can you sight down the neck and see maybe an S curve? Does the neck plane still sight just above the bridge?
Its odd because it seems to have a little hump around 14th fret area, where the buzzing is strongest, however the truss rod is loose to the point where lowering it isnt noticeable.
The fact that a standard Martin saddle is usually set pretty high and that it suddenly happened made be wonder if this might be the cause.
As far as I know it didn't take any knocks, it did however get a little 'baked' in the sun I think by accident..
And the Rolling Thunder tour was a showcase of his guitars. Watch some footage and you get to see some very cool Martins. One of which, around ‘77 was traded for some Gibsons in a shop in LA. Larry Cragg who would later be Neil Young’s amp guy, bought the D28 not knowing it was Dylan’s and was sold by him in recent years for around $400,000
I digress. Good news on your Martin.
I watched the Rolling Thunder tour doc recently and it was incredible. Some of the stuff on there is so tight and groovy! Very impressive. The album has grown on me, I preferred the studio stuff at first but the Rolling Thunder stuff, as said, is incredible!
Love the story about his guitars there. Il take note of his guitars next time I'm watching!
My Martin isn't by any means a high end one. Only cost me about £700 or so, but its got a beautiful full sound.