I'm just going to get straight to the point, my guitar sounds terrible. I don't know if it is the amp, the pickups, or the strings. Nothing sounds right, theres always this nasty buzzing "twang" when playing the higher notes and this "grind" when playing the lower notes. Sometimes songs are unrecognizable because of this. I'm using a discontinued Johnson by AXL guitar, a Fender SP-10 amp, and some generic strings from wal-mart.
Make a recording of it. Best way anyone can help you out.
Might be a faulty guitar set up.
Try raising your bridge. The buzz usually comes from your strings being too close to the pickups. The Wal-Mart strings are probably a problem as well, especially with the grinding. As for the amp, although it's a 10 watt, I wouldn't see anything wrong with it, unless you treat it like shit.
It's actually a 22W, and how would I go about raising my bridge?
[QUOTE=TheChantzGuy;20087843]It's actually a 22W, and how would I go about raising my bridge?[/QUOTE]
On the bridge where the strings touch, there very tiny holes. You insert an axle wrench and turn left to lower, and right to raise.
Could be the strings. Try going for a real brand, and any strings over 3 months old tend to sound quite dull
Lower the pickups before you raise the bridge! Raising the bridge will mess up your action something awful if it isn't already terrible.
so how would i lower the pickups?
[QUOTE=TheChantzGuy;20102864]so how would i lower the pickups?[/QUOTE]
If they are Humbuckers there should be a screw either side, screw clockwise to than and anti clockwise to raise them.
if the strings are not close enough to the pickups would the sound just be really low?
but only raise the bridge when you are getting fret buzz (strings slightly touching the frets so you get a faint buzzing sound when being played at certain frets, usually the ones closer to the head stock)
Take it in somewhere for a setup, preferably a place where they will let you watch and maybe even give you pointers on how to do setups yourself.
And get new strings.
i dont really get what the issue is, as the first reply said, record and post and people could be of more help, but i'd take it to a music store to see if they can identify and repair your guitar.
[QUOTE=Triumph Forks;20108791]Take it in somewhere for a setup, preferably a place where they will let you watch and maybe even give you pointers on how to do setups yourself.
And get new strings.[/QUOTE]
This. Disregard all previous advice. If you don't know what you are doing, take it in, and get then learn what you are supposed to be doing. I wouldn't reccomend fucking with your setup unless you actually know what you're doing. It's probably a problem with the strings making contact with the later frets, but raising your string action isn't always a good solution to this, especially since you probably won't set your saddles back to the proper radius. It could be that the neck has a backbend due to too much truss rod tension.
Did you switch your strings to a lower gauge? If your previous gauge was higher, it's quite probable that the neck has a backbend, in which case your trussrod needs adjustment; if that's the case, you should take it into somebody more qualified for adjustment.
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