It's a new Ibanez RG120 guitar with the stock strings, so I don't know if that has anything to do with it. But on the second and thirteenth frets on the E string, it makes a "twangy" sound as if the string were hitting something. It's most noticable on the thirteenth fret, and it almost completely prevents the string from ringing properly. Here's [url=http://www.fileden.com/files/2011/3/14/3096053//guitarproblem.mp3]a sound file[/url] of every fret on the E string, then the second and thirteenth frets played a few times. Any help would be appreciated!
I think its just a fret buzz
Intonate it
If intonating it doesn't help, try heightening the bridge.
Dead frets we call 'em.
Make a hipster band and say shitty guitar sounds are intentional
[editline]29th January 2012[/editline]
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[QUOTE=Croix;34444955]Make a hipster band and say shitty guitar sounds are intentional
[editline]29th January 2012[/editline]
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this was already done fucking 20 years ago
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I've never intonated a guitar before, though I'm looking it up now. Would it be better to bring this to Guitar Center or something and have it done there or should I be a man and try to myself?
[QUOTE=Zero Vector;34469982]I've never intonated a guitar before, though I'm looking it up now. Would it be better to bring this to Guitar Center or something and have it done there or should I be a man and try to myself?[/QUOTE]
Maybe take the middle ground, and take it to Guitar Center and ask if they can show you how to do it yourself? That's what I would do, assuming I didn't have any friends who could show me how.
Just do it yourself. It's not much harder than changing/tuning strings.
it does need to be intonated but it sounds more like the issue is that the frets aren't level.
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