If its the tailpiece, then its going to sound like metal on metal and the clam shell may be a little loose. If the buzz sounds more wooden, lower frequency, it could be the pick guard against the bridge. Since you said hum, I'd look really closely at how close the pick guard is to the bridge.
M On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Mando Chef <[email protected]> wrote: > all sorts of busy on the work side of life not to mention poor home > life but on the brighter side... the mando. She is sounding good yet > I have a couplel questions. > > There is a hum not quite a buzz and I am not sure if it is the strings > being new on a better mandolin than I have ever had. Is it as mark > suggested the tailpiece? If it is the tailpiece what would suggest > that it was? Also the pick guard touches or at least I can not even > fit a piece of paper between the tailpiece and the bridge, seems that > would dim the sound it that is the case this thing is gonna rock! > > Any thoughts are welcome! > Adam > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Taterbugmando" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<taterbugmando%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
