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OH GOD NO
THE GAME THE GAME SHIT SHIIIIT I FORGOT

Might as well kill myself now.
(I helped save b3ta! moohalaa, Wed 8 Aug 2007, 0:32, archived)
NO!
You can't die!

Who will there be to remember if you kill yourself?
(I helped save b3ta! ClanSoul, Wed 8 Aug 2007, 0:32, archived)
Do you mind if I ask you a guitar setup related question, please?

(I helped save b3ta! TN, Wed 8 Aug 2007, 0:35, archived)
fo shizzle

(I helped save b3ta! moohalaa, Wed 8 Aug 2007, 0:37, archived)
Excellentay
I've got awful fret buzz on the 2nd string and wondered if raising the bridge on that side of the neck just a little will cause tuning problems?

Or to summarize, should I just take it to a professional to get setup properly?
(I helped save b3ta! TN, Wed 8 Aug 2007, 0:39, archived)
mmm.
what kind of guitar is it?

If the rest of the strings are fine it's probably just a fret jutting out a little higher than the others, and it's a bit laborious but fairly simple to fix frets.
(I helped save b3ta! moohalaa, Wed 8 Aug 2007, 0:41, archived)
Gibson Les Paul
I sometimes get a little buzz on the 3rd fret but that I can handle, the 2nd string buzz is constant. As Enigmatic pointed about below it's weird it doesn't happen with the 1st string.
(I helped save b3ta! TN, Wed 8 Aug 2007, 0:43, archived)
so a tune o matic bridge.
All I play are Les Pauls :)

It might be the saddle slidey thing* that the string is sitting on at the bridge, the string might have cut down a little deep into it.

Either that or the nut has been cut down a bit by string movement, which is unlikely, but can still happen.
I'd get it taken to a pro if it's a Gibson, you have to treat them well - and if someone's set it up really nicely, they're a wet dream to play.

*the slidey thing, y'know. Official terminology.
(I helped save b3ta! moohalaa, Wed 8 Aug 2007, 0:45, archived)
Thanks :D
Appreciate the advice as it's my second but I much prefer this one, I'm giving the first to my father.
This one is a lot easier to play with my sausage hands so I want to keep some of the action but remove the fret buzz!
(I helped save b3ta! TN, Wed 8 Aug 2007, 0:49, archived)
no problemo
if they're set up nicely and the tune o matic is correct across all the strings, they're awesome bits of kit.
(I helped save b3ta! moohalaa, Wed 8 Aug 2007, 0:51, archived)
i would raise the bridge a bit
then fiddle with the tune-o-matic bits to make sure it's all in tune across the fretboard.
then turn it up to 11 and totally rock out dude.
(I helped save b3ta! scott,, Wed 8 Aug 2007, 0:46, archived)
All this moving around has prevented me getting some proper practice in
So I'm almost back to stage one of learning to play again :(

I'll take it to a pro, I know someone at work who can get me it on the cheap with someone reputable. He tried making me swap my Gibson SG with an el cheapo Ibanez hollowbody. I think not my friend!
(I helped save b3ta! TN, Wed 8 Aug 2007, 0:53, archived)
it shouldn't be hard to find decent guitar techs in the US.
isn't there a Gibson shop in San Fran?
(I helped save b3ta! scott,, Wed 8 Aug 2007, 0:57, archived)
Not that I know of?
Guitar Center is the place to be. It's HEAVEN.
(I helped save b3ta! TN, Wed 8 Aug 2007, 1:01, archived)
the one on Haight Ashbury is an official dealer, apparently.

(I helped save b3ta! scott,, Wed 8 Aug 2007, 1:09, archived)
are you sure it's not a raised fret bar problem?
To not happen on the outer string seems weird
(I helped save b3ta! Enigmatic ™                 Voice No More                  ©, Wed 8 Aug 2007, 0:41, archived)
This is what I'm nervous about

(I helped save b3ta! TN, Wed 8 Aug 2007, 0:42, archived)