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Low E string fretting out

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So, I'm loving my Squier Jag, but I have one annoying problem: the low E is fretting out over the length of the neck.
It's fine open, but fretted it's a quick buzz and then, dead. The further up the neck, the worse it gets.
It's equipped with .12s and a Mastery bridge (which is already set pretty high).

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Re: Low E string fretting out

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Buzz with a Mastery? Geeze :( I'm sorry man.

When you hold the string down, can you tell if the buzz is coming from the frets themselves, or the bridge? If it's the frets, they might need a leveling but that's crazy
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Re: Low E string fretting out

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It's definitely the string hitting the next fret.
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Re: Low E string fretting out

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foomanfat wrote:It's definitely the string hitting the next fret.


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Erggh that has to be irritating. Have you tried adjusting the Mastery around on the E string a little bit to see if tweaking it some helps?
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sounds like you need to reset the bridge so the height of the saddles matches the neck radius (assuming the saddle height is adjustable).
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Re: Low E string fretting out

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Is the neck straight enough? Maybe the truss needs tweaked a little.
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what fret does it start to buzz at? what fret does it go away at? Is it just the E string? can you take some pics? check the neck with a straight edge?
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Re: Low E string fretting out

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I'm no expert, but that sounds like a truss rod problem to me.
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Re: Low E string fretting out

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So I straightened out the truss rod a bit and raised the bridge. Got it to a workable spot.
Thanks for the suggestions. :thumb:
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