Re: Better strings for Rogue ASAP or try better setup first?
Originally Posted by
Mark Gunter
MollyMarieM - I've read in several places that you have read old threads about setup - and you now have Rob Meldrum's ebook in hand - so I'm wondering whether you've read anywhere about, and paid any attention to, the action at the nut? If I could afford to wager, I'd bet good money that your real problem is there.
That's certainly a possibility, but I'd be more willing to bet that it's a fret problem. Rogue mandolins are notorious for unlevel frets. If it does not buzz when playing a open fret but buzzes when fretting it most likely has a high fret somewhere further up the fingerboard and if you press the string at any fret below that high fret the string can slightly touch the high fret and cause buzzing. I've had a couple of Rogues for my kids and they both had the same problem. Found the high frets, filed them down and the buzzing went away.
I agree that the nut slots should be lowered, but I don't think the nut being too high would cause buzzing.
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