Hi all,
I went to adjust my truss rods last night (I have slight buzzing at the 1st/2nd frets on the high strings) and I noticed that the nut on the treble string side turned extremely easy--no real resitance at all, whereas the other nut had slight resistance. So, which is normal?
Also, about the buzz, is there anything besides a bow that commonly causes it? The nut seems fine. If I fret hard enough the buzz goes away so maybe I'm being nitpicky? Thanks in advance for your help.
Truss Rod/Buzz Question
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saturn
super-soft (low gauge) strings always give me fret buzz. if by high strings you mean the first E (as in "high notes") then that could very easily be why.
your neck could also be bowing back on that side but not the other, causing fret buzz (low frets) on that side but not the other? I'm no expert on that, but maybe try turning only that side's truss rod clockwise 1/2 to 1 full turn, (or until the tightness matches in each truss rod) and see if that fixes it.
your neck could also be bowing back on that side but not the other, causing fret buzz (low frets) on that side but not the other? I'm no expert on that, but maybe try turning only that side's truss rod clockwise 1/2 to 1 full turn, (or until the tightness matches in each truss rod) and see if that fixes it.
Do you hear the buzz through your amp when you're plugged in? If your answer is no, don't tamper with it. If you answer yes, you'll find the way to adjust your axe the proper way in this forum. Just type truss rod in the search engine and one of it should bring you to the topic! 
DannyBoy 
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profjeff
I had this problem on an American Series Strat. I had adjusted the neck so that it had NO relief whatsoever and had lowered the action too much. So I backed off the truss rod (sounds like yours is already pretty slack) and raised the bridge saddles (string height) until the buzz disappeared.
But, there may be other things going on here. The nut may be cut too deep for your string guage. You may have a high fret, a worn fret or a low spot on your fretboard somewhere that's causing the buzz. The fact that your truss rod nut is really loose may indicate that there were heavier strings on the guitar at one time. Or you may be, as you said, kind of picky. I hate fret buzzes myself. I like to adjust my neck relief to about .008 at the 8th fret. Once I have this adjusted, I set my string height to between 2/64" and 4/64" at the 12th fret.
One last thought, are you sure that you are hearing a fret buzz? Once I thought I was hearing a fret buzz on my Dakota and it turned out to be a loose nut on one of the Schaller tuning machines.
But, there may be other things going on here. The nut may be cut too deep for your string guage. You may have a high fret, a worn fret or a low spot on your fretboard somewhere that's causing the buzz. The fact that your truss rod nut is really loose may indicate that there were heavier strings on the guitar at one time. Or you may be, as you said, kind of picky. I hate fret buzzes myself. I like to adjust my neck relief to about .008 at the 8th fret. Once I have this adjusted, I set my string height to between 2/64" and 4/64" at the 12th fret.
One last thought, are you sure that you are hearing a fret buzz? Once I thought I was hearing a fret buzz on my Dakota and it turned out to be a loose nut on one of the Schaller tuning machines.