G String squeeks on 2, 3 and 4th fret

FruitarGeek

My semi-hollow makes a horrible sitar like sound whenever I play these notes on the G string hard. Is there anyway to stop this?

Tokai-SA

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Bob-Dubery

FruitarGeek wrote My semi-hollow makes a horrible sitar like sound whenever I play these notes on the G string hard. Is there anyway to stop this?

Sounds like the neck relief is out - not quite enough relief. That's what I'd check first. If it wasn't that then I'd take it to somebody to look at.

FruitarGeek

X-rated Bob wrote
FruitarGeek wrote My semi-hollow makes a horrible sitar like sound whenever I play these notes on the G string hard. Is there anyway to stop this?
Sounds like the neck relief is out - not quite enough relief. That's what I'd check first. If it wasn't that then I'd take it to somebody to look at.

Ya that was my guess. I took it to get a set up a few weeks ago, so probably is the neck

AlanRatcliffe

X-rated Bob wrote
FruitarGeek wrote My semi-hollow makes a horrible sitar like sound whenever I play these notes on the G string hard. Is there anyway to stop this?
Sounds like the neck relief is out - not quite enough relief. That's what I'd check first. If it wasn't that then I'd take it to somebody to look at.

+1. Either take it back to the tech or slacken off the truss yourself - an eighth of a turn or so counter clockwise.

FruitarGeek

Alan Ratcliffe wrote
X-rated Bob wrote
FruitarGeek wrote My semi-hollow makes a horrible sitar like sound whenever I play these notes on the G string hard. Is there anyway to stop this?
Sounds like the neck relief is out - not quite enough relief. That's what I'd check first. If it wasn't that then I'd take it to somebody to look at.
+1. Either take it back to the tech or slacken off the truss yourself - an eighth of a turn or so counter clockwise.

Hey Alan. I am by no means a guitar techi, but is this something I can do myself? It seems like such a quick process, and may not be my effort to drive all the way out to let someone else do it.

I have 2 questions

1) Does it need an Allen key to adjust the truss rod?
2) What is "an eighth of a turn"? Or more importanlty, how can I measure if it is an eighth?

StephenG

FruitarGeek wrote
1) Does it need an Allen key to adjust the truss rod?
2) What is "an eighth of a turn"? Or more importanlty, how can I measure if it is an eighth?

1 - yes

2 - half a quarter is an eighth. - so looking at a clock, from 12 position to 3 position would be a quarter turn. sodo haf that distance.

or just pop past foster, am sure he will turn it for u in 30 seconds with no charge.

Bob-Dubery

FruitarGeek wrote Hey Alan. I am by no means a guitar techi, but is this something I can do myself? It seems like such a quick process, and may not be my effort to drive all the way out to let someone else do it.

I have 2 questions

1) Does it need an Allen key to adjust the truss rod?

It needs some kind of key. The guitar should have left the factory with a key. It's usually an Allen key, but I have seen different arrangements. I had a Taylor where the "key" was actually a socket. I've seen different sizes of key used as well.

And really this is a job that you can learn to do yourself. It's not hard. The important thing is to take it slowly, to slacken or tighten the rod by small amounts at a time.

FruitarGeek

Thanks all. Im gonna get straight to it ?