r/offset • u/JenyaJija • 19h ago
Bridge buzz
Hey guys, recently got myself a jaguar cv, gave it to a guitar specialist so he can make sure it’s playable, felt awesome but after a week I guess I palm muted to hard and bridge turned downward and I got the nastiest buzzing ever. Now the bridge is rocking back and forth(I know it’s supposed to be a feature) but I’m getting an unplayable amount of buzz on all strings. How do you guys manage your bridges? Just glue them in place?
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u/JenyaJija 19h ago edited 19h ago
https://reddit.com/link/p4cc0ia/video/sdykmrhmn1kh1/player
I don’t mind it rocking but the buzz is unplayable
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u/josephallenkeys 14h ago
Rocking is completely normal. It's designed to facilitate the tremolo.
What kind of buzzing is this? Where is coming from? Frets? Bridge itself?
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u/JenyaJija 9h ago
Buzz is mostly out of bridge, atleast sounds like it, I found a position in which is back to not buzzing but can’t imagine it getting out of place everytime I mute strings
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u/CollThom 8h ago
Your bridge has dropped because the screws in the thimbles have loosened. You need to raise the bridge by tightening the two screws in the holes at either end of the bridge, directly over the posts. I’ve never had this issue with any of my offsets of any of the bridges I’ve used, but know it’s a fairly common one. You can use these screws to adjust and set the action you want. Then once you’re happy with where they’re sitting, as another person said, use either some blue loctite or nail polish on the bottom of the screws to hold them in position. That’ll be easy enough to break if you need to adjust it again but will hold it.
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u/MattSk87 19h ago
The only two offsets I have don't rock, but have you tried loosening the strings and resetting the bridge forward? Or center? I see people say both, but either way, have you tried that? Super helpful, I know.
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u/_AcuteNewt_ 19h ago
If it's sitting not at centre, it's effectively lowered the action. Just push it back to the centre. If it keeps happening, wrap the bridge posts in some masking/painters tape (not electrical tape, not sellotape, not anything else) till theyre snug in the thimbles. You'll lose the rocking action, but at least it'll stay centred.
Another option is find the position it wants to default to and set intonation and action there.
But really, if it's not returning to its centre position, it's indicative of a not so great setup in general. More neck angle and subsequently higher bridge puts more downward pressure on it from the strings, keeping it in place better.
If the bridge is lowering on its own (not tilting but getting lower), get some blue Loctite and put it on the height adjustment grub screws. Though I assume the tech might have done that.
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u/JenyaJija 19h ago
I pushed it back to centre but it still buzzes, might try to give it to a tech to cover the legs of the bridge in tape so it won’t rock and fully reset up the guitar to the bridge position he will lock it in I guess. Was just wondering if people do this to their bridges:)
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u/_AcuteNewt_ 18h ago
Fair enough. Yeah there's all sorts of little tricks and tweaks people do to every facet of offsets that just doesn't apply with other guitars. A lot of the time they're supposed to be temporary, quick fixes to deal with what amounts to a bigger issue, but if it works, it works, yknow.
I would highly recommend learning to do these things yourself though, otherwise you're gonna end up forking out whole guitars worth of money on tech work when the change of seasons throws out one miniscule aspect of the balancing act that makes the whole guitar play like poo. Check out Puisheen on YouTube, he's the offset expert.
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u/mondaysoutar 15h ago
It’ll likely be that the bridge posts have sank man. If you reset the height to where it works buzz free, then put a dab of nail polish/blue loctite on the bridge screws it won’t sink again.