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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on October 13, 2015 at 6:11pm

I have used a couple, no issues... 

In my not so distant past I found two issues:   the leads on the piezo need to be glued down or they can buzz, glue the box closed or it could buzz.

If you built the neck with a gap under the box lid, push down there and see if it stops...  

Did you check the clasp that locks the box?  Also, squeeze the box closed in a few spots, if it is the box, you'll find it...

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Permalink Reply by Richey Kay on October 13, 2015 at 8:12pm

I had that once. It turned out to the the clasps that hold the box shut (even though they were shut) - I removed them and the buzzing went away!

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Permalink Reply by JL on October 13, 2015 at 11:55pm

I had an annoying buzz that I couldn't pin down for 3 days, turned out the tuner knobs were loose.

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Permalink Reply by george decker on October 14, 2015 at 4:18pm

HA!  Got it.  The wee clasp that holds the lid down... I left it flappy not thinking it would matter.  Thanks for all your help.... and to my daughter who allowed me to grab her play stethoscope to see where the sound was coming from. 

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on October 14, 2015 at 6:33pm

Brilliant!  Glad it was so simple... I've had to cut open boxes to fix that issue in the past...

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Permalink Reply by Richey Kay on October 14, 2015 at 7:31pm

Glad to hear its sorted! It drove me mad...seemed to only buzz when I played a G, so the open 1st and 3rd string buzzed, and the 12th fret, and the 5th on the middle string...I think it's called sympathetic vibration. I looked it up at the time but I've completely forgotten it now :-)

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