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Thanks Mark, it does happen on more than 1 rig.

Hi I have 2 two strat copies I built years ago. Both have Schaller 3D bridges. Both exhibit odd noises on the G string with some amp settings, it's a kind of an overtone sound. Usually happens around the 10 to 15th frets. It can be influenced to some extent by the amps setting, especially once you r...

Why do you all measure in imperial??

Being born in 69 UK, I tend to use inches for big stuff and mm for the small stuff. Odd. I think people who use imperial tend not go to the lowest common denominator. My dad was an engineer, he didn't.

These guitars do have floating bridges Michael.

it was a ringing harmonic type sound chuck rather than the sitar thing. it was the nut all the same.

thanks

80 thou, thats about right iirc. that is 2mm, some people go to 1.8 i think. should be ok.

Fixed it. Caused by the d string nut slot. Just needed a little more relief to allow the string to bend. Sounds great again.

Cheers

Pop the bridge off and re-finish the whole top?

Thanks for your replies chaps.

Thanks for the replies. Are there any printed guides to the method you use Alan? And, can that method be employed post build? I read some of David's book on google books and he talks about test the top prior to gluing the bridge on.

Thanks again.

Hi chaps, it's been a long time since I've been on here. Hope you're all well. I received so much help here with my first acoustic. Deb will be a big miss! My acoustic, which I completed about 3 years ago, has started ringing on the G notes. It sounds like a muted harmonic. It's really bugging me. A...