Frank McNerney
Shoitza
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I have a SE Hollowbody standard - fantastic guitar. I tried a set of flat-wounds on it (10 - 48 with a 28-wound G string). These were the lightest I could find. Sounded great - except for the buzzing on the G string. First thing a thought of was the string was getting jammed in the nut so I tried some graphite to lube the nut but no change. Replaced the strings with normal 10's and no problem.
So - a few questions:
First - when the nut is too small is this the typical result? What I'm hearing isn't quite like a fret buzz - its more like the note starts out fine and then the buzzing starts - kind of a higher pitch, slightly screechy thing - that make sense?
Second - anyone tried flat-wounds on the SE Hollowbody? What was your experience?
Third - what's it take to enlarge the nut slot? Big deal or easy. Any downside to it or things to look out for ?
Thanks
So - a few questions:
First - when the nut is too small is this the typical result? What I'm hearing isn't quite like a fret buzz - its more like the note starts out fine and then the buzzing starts - kind of a higher pitch, slightly screechy thing - that make sense?
Second - anyone tried flat-wounds on the SE Hollowbody? What was your experience?
Third - what's it take to enlarge the nut slot? Big deal or easy. Any downside to it or things to look out for ?
Thanks