Late G-3

[uwe]

"You hear it especially well when make a slide (glissando)."

That sounds like fret buzz BEFORE the fretted note, i.e. the non-sounding part of the string between nut and fretted note vibrates against the frets and not the part between fretted note and bridge saddle. Does the buzzing continue if you dampen the non-sounding part of the fretted string?

That type of buzz is not uncommon with vintage instruments and can be countered by relieving the truss rod a little. The buzz comes from the neck being too straight on the fretted note to nut side. I had that with my LP Signature and though you did not hear it over an amp it annoyed me. I relieved the truss rod a little and lowered the bridge to compensate and it went away.

Uwe

[barend]

yes it is still there when I dampen the string behind the fretted note, so having two or more fingers on the same string. It doesn't sound like it is vibrating behind the fretted note. But anything is possible.

The overall playabilty and the action is great, so I don't want to change that too much.

Although it is not a great deal it still annoys me.

[uwe]

If you push/bend the neck forward while letting a note ring, does it become better or worse?

[barend]

the noise is only there when you move your left hand fingers. So playing for example scales and slides etc. Not when you let the note ring.

[uwe]

You should loosen the truss rod nut just a little to see whether that affects it. Other than that the angle of the neck to the body might be the issue.

[Chris P.]

I once had a bass and a rattle drove me crazy. In the end it was a tuner vibrating a bit.

[barend]

I had the tuner vibrating problem on my other G-3. A little bit of glue fixed that problem.

[Hornisse]

My one piece neck Grabber has the wide flat frets too.  I prefer them to the thin frets on vintage Fenders and the reissue basses.   The body on mine is Alder and is very lightweight.

[uwe]

It could also be some electronic lead vibrating against the pickup guard.

[ramone57]

I once had a bass and a rattle drove me crazy. In the end it was a tuner vibrating a bit.

the D string tuner on my 76 ripper rattles.  I've switched it out with some of the others but it still rattles.  how did you get it to stop?

I had the tuner vibrating problem on my other G-3. A little bit of glue fixed that problem.

where did you apply the glue and what type of glue did you use?

[barend]

Uwe, thanks for your advise. I am going to try that out when I can find the time.

I have fixed the tuner rattle bij applying some (liquid) glue (one second glue we call it here in Cheese land).
My G-3 had the elephant ear tuners. These have two pieces. The pin and the ear so to say. Put some glue where the ear is attached to the pin. Let it run between the ear and the pin. On my tuner the ear was lose. That's what made the noise on my old G-3.