All my Collings guitars are acting up!
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 8:35 pm
I've been having problems with my '98 DS2h and my '03 0002h for some time.
Had them set up, adjusted, even had the dread refretted (again!)
Still horrible buzzing - mostly between 4th and 8th frets.
Had them "pleked" over Christmans but problems still.
Spent a few hours with the only official tech for Collings in the UK on Monday, and while we still have a ways to go, we seem to be getting there so, I'm using my other Collings.
Today I took my 2007 DS2h to rehearsals - horrible - buzzing all over.
One of the things he did, which seemed counter intuitive to me, was to tighten the truss rods. Hmm!
Came home this afternoon, and picked up my Waterloo WL-12 which has been pretty stable. Horrible! So I took it into my workshop and tightened the truss rod, very slightly. Mmm Better but stillsome buzz - took it back did another slight adjust - Fine!
So took the DS2h and did the same thing. Better.
Neither temps nor humidity is the issue here - I'm monitoring closely and whilst both change from day to night and if the widows are open it is a fairly stable 70 degrees with RH going from 38% to 50% and mostly around 45%.
My Martin 12 string - fine. My Santa Cruz - fine. What is it about Collings? I'm thinking they are built like F1 cars or pedigree race horses or sump'n?
How can tightening the truss rod stop buzzing ??
Any observations?
Had them set up, adjusted, even had the dread refretted (again!)
Still horrible buzzing - mostly between 4th and 8th frets.
Had them "pleked" over Christmans but problems still.
Spent a few hours with the only official tech for Collings in the UK on Monday, and while we still have a ways to go, we seem to be getting there so, I'm using my other Collings.
Today I took my 2007 DS2h to rehearsals - horrible - buzzing all over.
One of the things he did, which seemed counter intuitive to me, was to tighten the truss rods. Hmm!
Came home this afternoon, and picked up my Waterloo WL-12 which has been pretty stable. Horrible! So I took it into my workshop and tightened the truss rod, very slightly. Mmm Better but stillsome buzz - took it back did another slight adjust - Fine!
So took the DS2h and did the same thing. Better.
Neither temps nor humidity is the issue here - I'm monitoring closely and whilst both change from day to night and if the widows are open it is a fairly stable 70 degrees with RH going from 38% to 50% and mostly around 45%.
My Martin 12 string - fine. My Santa Cruz - fine. What is it about Collings? I'm thinking they are built like F1 cars or pedigree race horses or sump'n?
How can tightening the truss rod stop buzzing ??
Any observations?