Fret buzz on new electric guitar?

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Thanks for the attention to details :)
I hope that it's not factory issue,don't wanna return it,it's beautiful guitar - maybe i hit the strings too hard with too low action,use to play acoustic last 11-12 years and forget the feeling of electric with slim neck.
Fatest strings now are bit higher and almost no buzz,but will tune it tomorrow with lower action again.
Last electric i had was Yamaha,some copy of Ibanez RG series,but it was superb right out of the box for years.
Don't know may be hard palying cause it,will record some audio to demonstrate.
Cheers :)

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I think i found the solution,for two days many things learned :)
When first start to play the truss rod was very tight,so i relieve it till the point of no tension.
I guess factory make it this way for very low action,which is nice out of the box,but need to compromise bit here and there.
Also need to work on my playing cause hard hits definitely make frets buzz.
Not gonna return it,body resonate nice,for the money don't see any better.
Reamped sounds really cool.
Cheers :)
https://files.fm/u/jvy69r3kv#/view/wsymf4rfz

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loosening tension is not going to show it's final results for quite a while, at least 24 hours...maybe more....please explain the point of no tension...how much adjustment was this?
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Ok sorry if explanations aren't technically correct,but i learn trying it :)

When turn truss rod into fat strings tension get bigger and that lower the action of the strings,but create kind of hump and the buzz getting worse.
What i did over ten times i to try how much relieve i could do when turn it into thin string,don't say clock way cause that's confusing to me,it's more simple to use fat and thin string as orientation if you are newbie as me to this :)
So i turn it into thin strings until it doesn't have any tension and the buzz became really inaudible unless i hit really hard as i use to play acoustic till now,but start to change my playing :)
I am really happy the the purchase,didn't understand fully till now that every guitar need such maintenance,even expensive ones cause at some point the neck will be affected under string tension.
Still haven't read the manual,but suspect that truss rod is double way.
Will write about that when check it better.
Cheers :)

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I would replace strings and make super small truss rod adjustment to see if it helps. I had the same issue on an Epiphone les paul custom I bought.

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VELLTONE MUSIC wrote: Tue Aug 10, 2021 6:29 pm Ok sorry if explanations aren't technically correct,but i learn trying it :)

When turn truss rod into fat strings tension get bigger and that lower the action of the strings,but create kind of hump and the buzz getting worse.
What i did over ten times i to try how much relieve i could do when turn it into thin string,don't say clock way cause that's confusing to me,it's more simple to use fat and thin string as orientation if you are newbie as me to this :)
So i turn it into thin strings until it doesn't have any tension and the buzz became really inaudible unless i hit really hard as i use to play acoustic till now,but start to change my playing :)
I am really happy the the purchase,didn't understand fully till now that every guitar need such maintenance,even expensive ones cause at some point the neck will be affected under string tension.
Still haven't read the manual,but suspect that truss rod is double way.
Will write about that when check it better.
Cheers :)
ok, now here is my concern so please keep an eye on it...the neck is wood. When you are tightening it it reacts to force and quickly adjusts, when you loosen it it is not like steel, it isn't as quick to return to it's natural state without the force like you have tightening it. This is why adjustments are recommended in small increments over a period of time. Please keep an eye on the relief over a few days and see if it remains the same.

Also, I totally get english is not your first language, it's possible to read that as you made ten turns loosening it. My concern here is you say until it doesn't have any tension that you mean on the wrench you are turning and the rod is no longer threaded. I'm probably wrong but just want to put that out there in case :)
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No i try ten different levels of tension,before realize that no tension no buzz :)
For sure it's double action,but in both directions buzz is audible so zero tension is the best :)
Cheers :)

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