Thank you, Vince :)
Yes, I do have a truss rod but I've never had to adjust one before.
The action has actually 'lowered' because the strings are touching
the upper frets when I play.
Jenna

--- In guitarmakersforum@yahoogroups.com, "Vince Pawless"
<vince@p...> wrote:
> Sounds like too much relief in the neck. If it has a truss rod, you
> might give it a little tighten. Too much relief makes the area of
the
> 5678 frets too low and therefore when you fret the string in that
area,
> it's buzzing on the frets where you're "trying to come out of a
valley".
>
> Also, when you have too much relief, the action has probably risen
a bit
> at the 12th fret. When you adjust the truss rod (if you have one),
that
> will correct itself also.
>
> vp
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jenna [mailto:jam_mies1@y...]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 3:01 PM
> To: guitarmakersforum
> Subject: [Guitar Makers Forum] Bridge question
>
>
> I have a 5 year old Martin D-15 that has recently developed the
> following problem: when playing above the 7th fret, my E, B, and G
> strings "buzz" due to the fact that they are touching the other
frets.
>
> My question is: does it make sense for me to shim the bridge a tad?
What
> would you do?
>
> Thank you,
> Jenna
>
>
>
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