PRS SE Tremonti Custom fret buzz

colonel_claypoo

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Hello fellow PRS enthusiasts.

I`m in the market for a PRS SE Tremonti Custom.
Yesterday, I was in a music store and checked out all the tremonti customs they had (3).

To my disappointment all three guitars had quite a lot of fret buzz, especially between the 7th and 12th fret.
The E and A string were the worst but even the D and G string were affected.

I checked the neck relief but It looked fine to me. When I pressed down the first and last fret of the low E string I think it was around the thickness of a business card. A credit card did not fit at all. This measurement was taken at the 10th fret on the low E string.

This was almost identical in all three guitars as was the action which I would describe as medium low.

In my experience a setup like this should absolutely be the playable without fret buzz. I also tried to vary how hard I picked the strings but only with a very light touch I was able to have it buzz free.

Maybe this is normal due to brand new strings which are very thin (9-46 maybe). I never played lower than 10-49 and usually play 10-52.

Do you guys have any idea what could be the cause? Perhaps the trem? The wierd thing is that all three guitars had this issue.

Thanks for your input.
 
I would say probably a combination of the light strings, and perhaps the saddles or trem plate were set too low. Maybe raising the bridge and straightening the neck might help. If you're interested in buying one at the shop, maybe they would string it with 10's and set it up to try and get rid of the buzz before you buy it?
 
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