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Permalink Reply by Fergus Morris on October 22, 2009 at 10:01am

Wide bridge or nut slots can cause this I think, but I am no expert.

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Permalink Reply by Tim on October 22, 2009 at 11:25am

try a small piece of masking tape betwen the nut and strings.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Werner on October 22, 2009 at 12:33pm

Likely the slots for the strings at the bridge are cut too wide, and at too shallow an angle. A good reason to use an appropriate tool like the "torch tip tool" discussed on one of the other threads.

There should be sufficient angle at the bridge for the string to "break" with enough tension to keep it from vibrating across the bridge.

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Permalink Reply by Tim on October 22, 2009 at 1:23pm

well he is using a zero fret so the nut isnt really used except as a guide to keep the string spacing. so break angle over the nut shouldnt be a problem.

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Permalink Reply by Bluesheart on October 22, 2009 at 2:31pm

My latest had this same. On mine it was due to bridge slots too wide and not enough break angle over the bridge/not enough tension on the strings. New bridge and proper tuning "fixed" it. But now I made the original slots even wider, and swap out the bridge/detune slightly to get the awesome sitar tones!! I split a wine cork lengthwise and slide it under the strings to take pressure off of bridge, swap to the "sitar" bridge and reach CBsitar nirvana!!! Light the insense and turn on the blacklight!!

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Permalink Reply by Tim on October 22, 2009 at 4:20pm

i had the same problem on mine. i ended up swaping out the all all thread bridge for a dowel rod bridge it really thickened up the tone so i did the same with the nut. to be honest i wasnt happy with my first build i was about to give it to my friends kid to play with but now i love it. nice thick tone.

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