I have enough problems with the very minor temperature fluctuations we get over here. Just going from warm house to slightly chilly practice room can play havoc with tuning. If the neck is not actually brocken may I suggest finding a decent luthier and getting the frets dressed and a good set up, perhaps even a new nut if the fret buzz is from the lower end of the neck. Also check your truss rod adjustment. Hold one finger on the first fret, the other on the 17th of your low e (da big fat one) and have a look at how much clearance you have between string and frets. It should be almost flush, but not quite. If you can easily see a good gap then you need to add tension (clock wise on the rod) if they are all bottoming out then counter clockwise. You need to do no more than a quarter turn at a time and leave a good few hours in between to allow the neck to settle. Simple rule is if you have fert buzz above the 12th your actions too low, below your truss rod is too tight or your nut is cut too low. If you know all this please feel free to ignore me :)
If the neck is warped beyond truss rod adjustment then a re-fret may well help, but some luthiers can charge more than the cost of a new neck.
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Date: 2011-03-24 07:59 pm (UTC)Just going from warm house to slightly chilly practice room can play havoc with tuning.
If the neck is not actually brocken may I suggest finding a decent luthier and getting the frets dressed and a good set up, perhaps even a new nut if the fret buzz is from the lower end of the neck.
Also check your truss rod adjustment.
Hold one finger on the first fret, the other on the 17th of your low e (da big fat one) and have a look at how much clearance you have between string and frets. It should be almost flush, but not quite.
If you can easily see a good gap then you need to add tension (clock wise on the rod) if they are all bottoming out then counter clockwise. You need to do no more than a quarter turn at a time and leave a good few hours in between to allow the neck to settle. Simple rule is if you have fert buzz above the 12th your actions too low, below your truss rod is too tight or your nut is cut too low.
If you know all this please feel free to ignore me :)
If the neck is warped beyond truss rod adjustment then a re-fret may well help, but some luthiers can charge more than the cost of a new neck.