Today i got a horrible humming/resonating sound whenever i played a "G" note. It could be the open "G" string, or a fretted on one of the higher strings like the high "E".
It only happened in standard tuning, if I tune down a half step, the problem was gone.
I located the sound to the head-stock area and thought it might be from one of the tuners.
I pressed on the back of the tuner, and on top until I thought I found the guilty one. I then checked it with a screwdriver, and the screw was fairly loose. And further more, it wouldn't fasten properly . It just turned and turned. I then went over several of the other screws and at least 4 more where just as loose. Is this a common issue? Are your screws somewhat loose?
Either way, it turned out that this wasn't the problem..
The problem was that the "A" string and "E"string slightly touched each other at the tuners (very tight between the low "E" and "A" at the tuners) And after just tuning the guitar down, moved the string a bit and tuned up, the resonating/humming was gone..
I couldn't replicate the sound afterwards.
It only happened in standard tuning, if I tune down a half step, the problem was gone.
I located the sound to the head-stock area and thought it might be from one of the tuners.
I pressed on the back of the tuner, and on top until I thought I found the guilty one. I then checked it with a screwdriver, and the screw was fairly loose. And further more, it wouldn't fasten properly . It just turned and turned. I then went over several of the other screws and at least 4 more where just as loose. Is this a common issue? Are your screws somewhat loose?
Either way, it turned out that this wasn't the problem..
The problem was that the "A" string and "E"string slightly touched each other at the tuners (very tight between the low "E" and "A" at the tuners) And after just tuning the guitar down, moved the string a bit and tuned up, the resonating/humming was gone..
I couldn't replicate the sound afterwards.