https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/guitar-making-weird-sitar-noise-on-the-b-string/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:23:48 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/guitar-making-weird-sitar-noise-on-the-b-string/#post-378472 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 16:55:26 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance grumps https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/guitar-making-weird-sitar-noise-on-the-b-string/#post-378472 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/guitar-making-weird-sitar-noise-on-the-b-string/#post-377282 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 05:53:13 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Seventhson https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/guitar-making-weird-sitar-noise-on-the-b-string/#post-377282 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/guitar-making-weird-sitar-noise-on-the-b-string/#post-377255 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:30:50 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance TRGuitar https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/guitar-making-weird-sitar-noise-on-the-b-string/#post-377255 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/guitar-making-weird-sitar-noise-on-the-b-string/#post-377254 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:17:17 +0000
Can you adjust the bridge height? It sounds like you've lowered the action to the point where the string is vibrating against a fret.

Tell us more about the nut - I presume the B string is now flopping around in a slot 3 times the width of the string and the 1st string is in a slot which might be 4 or 5 times as wide as the string. I'd be tempted to pack the slot with a small sliver of cereal box card and see if that made any difference. If you can't adjust the bridge height, then put a sliver of cereal box card under the nut, it might just raise the action enough to stop your problem.

And finally on the subject of the nut - has flipping it round changed the vibrating length of the string? If one side of the nut is higher than the other, and the vibrating length is now 4 or 5 mm longer than it used to be then you've just put your guitar completely out of tune at anything other than the open string. It might be best to get hold of a left-handed nut.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Alan Green https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/guitar-making-weird-sitar-noise-on-the-b-string/#post-377254 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/guitar-making-weird-sitar-noise-on-the-b-string/#post-377253 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:16:17 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Seventhson https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/guitar-making-weird-sitar-noise-on-the-b-string/#post-377253 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/guitar-making-weird-sitar-noise-on-the-b-string/#post-377251 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:37:46 +0000
I don't know the Kay and I can't say for certain whether that is the problem, but it would be my first guess.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance greybeard https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/guitar-making-weird-sitar-noise-on-the-b-string/#post-377251 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/guitar-making-weird-sitar-noise-on-the-b-string/#post-43173 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 07:41:51 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Seventhson https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/guitar-making-weird-sitar-noise-on-the-b-string/#post-43173