Rampant
August 25th, 2009, 06:33 AM
Howdy dudes
I've been using Rotosound Roto 10-46 strings on my Pacifica for a while. Last time I bought strings I thought I'd try out a set of the more expensive Rotosound Pure Nickel strings in the same gauge.
So last night I gave the Pacifica a well overdue string change and put the Nickels on... during the stretch tune process I noticed a slight fret buzz on the bottom 2 strings.
Having set this guitar up perfectly for the normal Roto Yellows, I was surprised to find such a difference. No worries, I thought, just tweak the setup slightly. Well, after a couple of hours tinkering with raising saddle height, slackening the truss rod (slightly) and setting and re-setting the intonation I still get the fret buzz at several places right down to fret 12 (Come Together riff) on the bottom two strings, even with a much higher action than before.
I'm now assuming that the Pure Nickels have different vibration properties that are causing this buzz - maybe greater amplitude high order harmonic vibrations??? - and consequently need to be set up with a much higher action!
I'm now dissapointed that I've probably ruined my perfectset-up for the strings I was more than happy with in the first place. I don't think I'll keep these nickels on for long as it ruins the playing experience when I feel the buzz. Trouble is it's gonna be another at least 2-3 hour job to swap back to another set of Yellows and try to get the set-up just-right again :( {that's assuming I can find that sweet spot again!}
Anybody ever had similar experiences from changing to different strings???
Cheerz
Rampant
I've been using Rotosound Roto 10-46 strings on my Pacifica for a while. Last time I bought strings I thought I'd try out a set of the more expensive Rotosound Pure Nickel strings in the same gauge.
So last night I gave the Pacifica a well overdue string change and put the Nickels on... during the stretch tune process I noticed a slight fret buzz on the bottom 2 strings.
Having set this guitar up perfectly for the normal Roto Yellows, I was surprised to find such a difference. No worries, I thought, just tweak the setup slightly. Well, after a couple of hours tinkering with raising saddle height, slackening the truss rod (slightly) and setting and re-setting the intonation I still get the fret buzz at several places right down to fret 12 (Come Together riff) on the bottom two strings, even with a much higher action than before.
I'm now assuming that the Pure Nickels have different vibration properties that are causing this buzz - maybe greater amplitude high order harmonic vibrations??? - and consequently need to be set up with a much higher action!
I'm now dissapointed that I've probably ruined my perfectset-up for the strings I was more than happy with in the first place. I don't think I'll keep these nickels on for long as it ruins the playing experience when I feel the buzz. Trouble is it's gonna be another at least 2-3 hour job to swap back to another set of Yellows and try to get the set-up just-right again :( {that's assuming I can find that sweet spot again!}
Anybody ever had similar experiences from changing to different strings???
Cheerz
Rampant