[GuitarRockerNickyK]

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Hey all!

I'm Nicky and im 13 years old. I have recently began playing the guitar about 3 moths ago and I take lessons. But my guitar is very strange. It is an Alvarez acoustic guitar. I'm in a band and Im really into rock music. I want to play electric but i can't yet. And to do alot of songs im learning, i need to play the higher frets. But i dont have very many frets. And those that I do have and want to play make a buzzing noise. No matter how much pressure or how close I am to the fret, it buzzes! Is there anything I can do about this??

So conufused! Any response would help me!

Thanks alot

~Nicky K

[murpay]

is ur acoustic a cut waya or what model is it ne ways?

Pat

[Bobzyk]

If you feel that your technique is good, then have the guitar looked at. If the action on the guitar is too high, then you need more pressure to make a clean note. If the action on the guitar is too low at the bridge, then your fretting may produce buzzing along the fingerboard. Best bet, as I said, is to have a tech look at it.

[Jon_Mac]

I'm taking Dadfad's position on this one ... First off Welcome to GTU!

I'd suggest getting it looked at too. Bring it to where you bought it. If there is something wrong with it then the store might fix it. If not then hopfully its still under warrenty! .. Anyways good luck with that.

[murpay]

I'm taking Dadfad's position on this one  ... First off Welcome to GTU!

I'd suggest getting it looked at too. Bring it to where you bought it. If there is something wrong with it then the store might fix it. If not then hopfully its still under warrenty!  .. Anyways good luck with that.

That reminds me of someones 17th fret on the b string eh?? cant even finish the master of puppets solos!!! ahah jk
Yea i would suggest u get that looked at to doesnt sound right and ive seen it from experience...cough...jon_mac....cough
ahha ne ways hope u get that looked at and if ur into electric stuff alot why not buy an electric??? although i must say acoustics r sweet

Pat

[murpay]

Or why not try learning some rock on ur acoustic

may i suggest songs from Claptons Unplugged album

Pat

This post has been edited by murpay: 19 June 2004 - 10:30 AM

[Jon_Mac]

I'm taking Dadfad's position on this one  ... First off Welcome to GTU!

I'd suggest getting it looked at too. Bring it to where you bought it. If there is something wrong with it then the store might fix it. If not then hopfully its still under warrenty!  .. Anyways good luck with that.

That reminds me of someones 17th fret on the b string eh?? cant even finish the master of puppets solos!!! ahah jk
Yea i would suggest u get that looked at to doesnt sound right and ive seen it from experience...cough...jon_mac....cough
ahha ne ways hope u get that looked at and if ur into electric stuff alot why not buy an electric??? although i must say acoustics r sweet

Pat

Hahahaha, I think next time I go through an Electric phase I'll get it looked at, at West Phal. It doesn't buzz though its kind of a really loud tingy noise

anyways im kinda getting off topic

This post has been edited by Jon_Mac: 19 June 2004 - 11:30 AM

[GuitarRockerNickyK]

Hey thanks for ur information.
but i didnt get it at a store
i know my guitar is not very good, its a alvarez model # RC10
I got it from my uncle. he plays bass guitar in a band and he gave me this guitar to just start playing guitar. I want to get an electric guitar really bad. Im planning on my uncle hook me up with a vintage Gibson SG (yeah i know, SWEET!)

thanks

~nicky

[igorski]

Find comfort in the fact that if you manage to control that guitar you've got, by the time you'll get an electric you'll find it's much easier to play (lower action, less tension), which boosts your ego no end

the buzzing might also be caused by the nut (the (usually white) thing at the fretboard end where the guitar's head is at) which can be badly cut or worn from years of use, see if that's what causing the buzzing (they're cheap to replace)

[wannalearn01]

What sucks on cheap guitars, is between the action, the fret board/frets, sometimes you get hosed on the lower frets(15-21). I have a epiphone and mine also rattles/has dead notes towards teh bottom of the fret board(closest to the sound hole).

I have tried everything from lowering the action to changing strings...nothing has helped for me so far...

Taking it to a tech. could help, I haven't tried that yet either.

But really at the stage you are in learning, you don't really need to be down that far aways...unless you have scales that bring you that far down.

As for wanting an electric, I would PROMISE you that if you stay with the acoustic for about 6 months ANYTHING you learn will cross-over to the electric, but if you learn right away on the electric, the acoustic will seem hard!

T^roy

[jshrel24]

Did he just say that his Alvarez was a piece of crap. IM APPALLED!!!

[murpay]

Alvarez's are really good but he might have a really crappy low end model

sill good but ya know

and about what troy said
I've been playin electric guitar for about 9 er 10 months now and am lookin to get an acoustic and i dont find the ones I have been tryin out to be hard at all
I dont see why ppl say that

ne ways
later

Pat

[GuitarRockerNickyK]

dude

im a girl

lol

and i probably have a low end model

its a RC-10

check it out

i dont know
it might be good

i dont know
i came into this forum to learn
not to be called a boy!

lol


bye you all
~nicky

[jalfordvidman]

The reason people say that acoustic is harder after you've started on the electric is that the action is higher, and the strings are of a higher gauge.

[jshrel24]

dude

im a girl

lol

and i probably have a low end model

its a RC-10

check it out

i dont know
it might be good

i dont know
i came into this forum to learn
not to be called a boy!

lol


bye you all
~nicky  

Holy crap , that dudes a chick.

[murpay]

Chicks with Dicks!?!?!?!?

ahahhah sorry about that ma'am nickys a name that can swing either way ya know
well its aboot time i hit the trail eh gotta cut down some here trees lol

Later

Pat


oh yea im surprised no ones said ne thing about the pic ahahahha

[murpay]

and ooooo ur be playin a classical....now i can see the difficulty with rock songs..............I have a friend who tries to play metallica on his classical doesnt sound to good but ne ways keep it up dude.....ma'am......lol


Pat

[GuitarRockerNickyK]

ok
pat er murpay

ur nose in the pic on the left is like pinnichio like that disney dude

and i call every1 dude

girl or boy

and im not getting a gibson n e more

im gettin an american made fender strat

but either way
u cant cant cant play rock songs with an acoustic
its sucks

(im a girl guitar player! omg its amazin'!)

~nicky

[jshrel24]

but either way
u cant cant cant play rock songs with an acoustic
its sucks

(im a girl guitar player! omg its amazin'!)

~nicky

You can def. play rock songs on an acoustic, the rawest.

And yea that pic is pretty crazy, like how it matches up and stuff,
Plus i gave the guy in the right the shirt he has on.

[murpay]

ahahahah nicky i stretched the nose out after the pic was takin lol

CRAZY SIMILARITIES..........dun dund unnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

ahaha ne ways sweet american made strat

if ur uncle wants to hook me up yea know....lol


Pat