Has anyone here dealt with this problem before? I've been noticing a weird kind of buzzing at certain frets, actually down to specific notes in different places along the neck - mainly the F and G notes. After a lot of checking to make sure it's not down to fret levels/action/neck curve, I've come to the conclusion that it's the truss rod. I reckon it may be a bit loose inside, and the frequency of some notes coincide with its own natural frequency, and cause it to vibrate when plucked. It's a bit of pseudo scientific guess work on my part, but that's what I reckon! I did some searches on the internet, and the one solution I came across was dripping some hot wax into the channel by drilling a hole through one of the fret markers and warming up the truss rod with the use of a solder iron. Anyone tried something like this before or other solutions?
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you can also use wax (heat the rod gently so it coats it), or thinned wood glue put down from the adjustment on some rods.
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