MichaelAngelo
Active member
Oh my... I'm so sad right now! =( =(
My brand new lanikai lsm-t arrived today with an A string buzz. It ONLY buzzed when open!!!
So, following some random advice on the forum I lightly tapped on A string first 3 frets with a roll of tape (soft roll part) to make sure the frets were "set". It didn't fix the problem. Then I guess I got carried away and I tapped a little harder all over all the upper frets, I figured it wouldn't do any harm.
Playing again, there's buzz in SO many places. I'd call the uke unplayable. Plus, there's little cracks in the finish next to where the frets connect to the neck on the sides... did I tap THAT HARD? oh... gosh.... my brand new ukulele
Buzz places:
open E and A buzz
A: 1,2,3
E: no frets
C: 1,2,3,4 (even though open there's no buzz)
G: no problems
So horay, I made it much worse =(.
That's not all!!
This was already there: a hairline crack in the wood down the neck to almost the 5th fret. I used a ruler to see if the neck was in line, the 30cm ruler will pivot at the 15th fret. Holding the ruler down on the higher frets, there's about a 3mm gap above the 1st fret at the top of the neck.
ummmm... advice? =(
My brand new lanikai lsm-t arrived today with an A string buzz. It ONLY buzzed when open!!!
So, following some random advice on the forum I lightly tapped on A string first 3 frets with a roll of tape (soft roll part) to make sure the frets were "set". It didn't fix the problem. Then I guess I got carried away and I tapped a little harder all over all the upper frets, I figured it wouldn't do any harm.
Playing again, there's buzz in SO many places. I'd call the uke unplayable. Plus, there's little cracks in the finish next to where the frets connect to the neck on the sides... did I tap THAT HARD? oh... gosh.... my brand new ukulele
Buzz places:
open E and A buzz
A: 1,2,3
E: no frets
C: 1,2,3,4 (even though open there's no buzz)
G: no problems
So horay, I made it much worse =(.
That's not all!!
This was already there: a hairline crack in the wood down the neck to almost the 5th fret. I used a ruler to see if the neck was in line, the 30cm ruler will pivot at the 15th fret. Holding the ruler down on the higher frets, there's about a 3mm gap above the 1st fret at the top of the neck.
ummmm... advice? =(