Humidity and Guitars

[Henry Moon]

I made it home from Colorado. I was in the cabin reading about the
biggest ememy to guitars being humidity change or something like that.
While there, my little "E" string started buzzing- up and down the
fretboard. Only that one string.
Anyone have a clue? Did I screw up by not putting something in the gtr
case for the dryness of the mountains and:
How can I fix it?
I do not trust anyone in my hometown. Only in Austin-- but I HATE to
send it and can't afford to take it right now.
One clue-I have fixed this before (somewhat) by fooling with the truss
rod.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Henry

[RickH]

I'm assuming it's a GB10 (or GB12)? That (high) E string on GB10/12 is
tricky, I have a GB12 that does the same thing with that one string
only. I'm not sure what causes it and have been holding off on a fret
level/crown until I can find a "suitable" luthier near me. I will most
likely take it up to Jeff Hale on a future trip to WI to look at
archtops.

I have heard of other GB players that had the E string "go weak" due to
fret contact. Let me know what you figure out, and I'll post also if I
figure mine out.

My GB12 does have visible fret wear, but why it's only affecting the
upper E string is beyond me, all the other strings are very full
sounding. Do you have fret wear? Maybe the nuts were cut too deep on
GB E strings (just a SWAG theory on my part dont take seriously)? I'm
stumped.

[Jaime Sol]

My educated guess says that the wood on your guitar would react to
humidity much the way a cigar does. Raise humidity levels and the
object will expand, lower the humidity and the object will shrink.

The effect of lower humidity on your guitar would cause the neck to
staighten out, making fret buzz more prominent. My suggestion would be
to either place the guitar in a humidified case, or simply loosen the
trus rod.

[Mark Cleary]

One thing try is to move the string gage up to a larger string. If you are
using a .12 try a .13 or .14 this may take care of all it, if it is not too
bad I will bet this will eliminate the problem. Change back to the other
string size when the weather changes.

--
Mark Cleary
Hollenbeck Jazz Guitars the Finest
Handcarved Jazz Guitars
http://members.cox.net/ruthster/hollenbeck/
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