That is because he would have voided your warranty if he’s not an authorized tech for that brand. For example if you buy a new Taylor guitar it must be set up by an authorized Taylor tech or you kiss your warrenty good bye.
thats what he said
so no set up since there nothing else around
thats why I said its not always easy to get a guitar set up correctly or tuned if the guitar is still under warranty and you live far way from big towns
I must not be the only one living in the countryside ^^"
The Taylor warranty doesn’t cover much anyway. Defects in construction or materials. I’ve had my Taylor for over six years; any such defects would have shown up by now, so I have no qualms about having my local luthier work on it.
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I also live in the country right next to the Rocky Mountain. Would never move back to the city.
How long is the warrenty on your guitar? If it’s a life time warrenty read the fine print it may not cover much and you may have to send it away to have any work done. If that’s the case your better off letting the guy in the shop set up the guitar and not worry about the warrenty.
It’s better to have a very playable guitar that you love to play than a warrenty that’s not worth the paper it’s writen on.
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You are not ! I originally took my gtrs to a shop in Rennes about an hours drive from here. They did the basics and I put half the stable through them. When I broke the neck of my original LP they could not do anything for me. I bought a 2nd !! Then found a luthier who builds and repairs 7 minutes up the road !!! He immaculately fix the LP and has been my go to even since. But hey I am lucky in that respect and he’s a Geordie from the UK and a bloody magician ! Fixing and playing. You never now what is on the door step until you look.
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3 years and 5 years
True thats why I ll talk about it with him
up my road there are only goats horses and cows 
Maybe my guitar teacher knows someone around here , nothing to lose asking
anyway that was just to say that its easy to notice a trouble like a guitar being out of tune ( intonation ) but its not always as easy to fix it ( quickly )
@TheMadman_tobyjenner @sequences I have done this and strings 1 - 5 are OK but no. 6 (low E) is well off and (I think) buzzing. I’ve checked the video linked by @Jozsef so may give it a go and see if I can solve the issue. If not it will be a trip to my local guitar tech!
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What type of guitar is it and at which fret(s) can you hear the buzz? It might suffice to increase the action of the 6th string ever so slightly at the bridge to get rid of the buzz.
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Hi @Stuartw
The location of the buzzing is important to determine the likely problem as @Jozsef mentioned. Since you watched the McKnight video, does that mean you verified each fret in 3 locations with a fret rocker as the video shows? Since nothing is perfect, what amount of play did you allow?
Second, the bridge type will help determine what to do if changing the saddle height is the likely problem.
Having just the heavy E (string 6) “maybe” buzzing can suggest three possibilities that are likely, so we need a bit more info.
@Richard_close2u - We are deviating into maintenence topics now, do we want to make a new topic or move some of this?
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It’s a Yamaha Pacifica. Not sure what frets as I need to check which I will do later.
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Err no as don’t have that level of equipment to check!
ok, fret rockers are not expensive. They won’t fix anything, just tell you what shape the fret leveling is in.
Technically, I suppose you could get close enough with a credit card cut so you could fit it across any three frets on the fretboard by just rotating it. Good enough if you only want an occasional verification.
I see you have a Pacifica - ok, that piece of info done. I can look up the bridge and I know you have individual height adjustments.
what location are you fretting when the E sounds like it is buzzing?
Did you verify the relief as in the video?
3rd valve slide for main tuning and the also the other tuner on certain notes with certain scales. You use your left ring finger. Many student trumpets dont even have one.
I have my ring off right now. In the photo.
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Very cool to know! Thanks!
Tod
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Correct, if you look in my photo there is a little box with a screw. For certain low notes you push it out so that spacific notes go in the proper tuning. You can make things sound realy cool in conjunction with your chops or lol (embouchure) if you are clever, I played horn in a ska band in the 90s in Reno and I had to use it a lot to keep up with the Sax player. Oh Just an fyi no one calls it an embouchure unless they are in an academic setting or well hard core orchestra types. I wont be calling it that again. I will just say chops.
Anyway here is the important part. For every day playing and for tuning the whole instrument you adjust the main tuning slide which comes off of the lead pipe (lead pipe comes from mouth piece) and makes a “C” shape goes into the 3rd valve, on a modern trumpet. I have my finger showing the bottom part that can be slid inside.
So if you are sharp you pull it out, lengthening the overall instrument giving a lower pitch.
And if you are flat, Push that sucker in a smidge and it shortens it the overall lenght and will increase the pitch tuning it up.
My trumpet is a little damaged in a few places so I took my slide ring out and its sitting in the case for now until I find time to repair it.
And there you have it.
Hope that helped.
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