Hey y’all got this Squire Stratocaster from someone local. They put new strings on and it sounded fine in the beginning. Honestly when the guitar is in standard tuning I don’t get a buzz. But I was practicing some Foo Fighters Everlong so I was tuned down a step on the Low E and once that string got to a D it started buzzing randomly when playing it. Even when I was playing Barre or Power chord on that string it stilled buzzed. Take a look at the pictures I’ve attached please help out a guitar noob lol. Thank you!
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lower tuning, less tension on the strings, slight change to bow on neck etc. you might need to tweak the action or neck relief or use slightly thicker strings
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There are a handful of things to pay attention to:
- high fret just forward of the buzzy one (this is what I expect)
- neck relief too flat (not too likely since you are at the 8th fret)
- bridge too low - can’t tell the string height from images, but this seems unlikely
- your fingers are too far back from the fret - you mentioned finger placement trouble in a previous post. make sure your finger is just behind the fret
- you are picking the string way too hard - this becomes quickly evident when you down-tune and strings loosen so they vibrate further with the same picking strength
1-3 can be adjusted out with the right skills and tools. getting a “setup” is the common way to have this done.
4-5 are things you need to determine for yourself. place fingers and pick experimentally. see if you can fix the problem with better technique.
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Also don’t worry too much. A bit of fret buzz can be ok. As I understand it, if you want a guitar with low action, it’s always a balancing act between the low action and going too low you end up with a bit of fretbuzz. If it’s just the low E string when tuned down, and it sounds ok when put through your amp, I wouldn’t fret (!) too much!
Just my two pence!
Cheers.