RG550 Action Problem

[waylay00]

A couple of months ago, I bought my first RG from Eric's Guitars, a sponsor of Jemsite. It came set up perfectly, and I didn't have to touch a thing. However, I recently acquired another RG550 from a local pawn shop. This one was setup poorly, and the action was way too high.

So I immediately think, no big deal, I'll just lower the bridge. So I lowered the bridge to a reasonable heighth (a tad bit lower than normal), but I get all sorts of buzzing around the 14th fret. To get rid of this buzzing, I have to raise the bridge to a VERY high action that is unbearable for me to play at.

Finally, I messed around with the truss rod, as it seemed I had too much neck bow. This helped a little, but I still can't get rid of this buzzing without raising the action to an extremely high level.

How come I can't get the action that I have on my older RG?

What could be the culprit? Thanks.

[jemsite]

do the entire setup routine... in order.... but this worn or high fret(s) is the likely culprit... glen

[waylay00]

Yeah, I'll do that, and if it doesn't work, I'll probably end up taking it to a tech to see what he can do.

[AleTheNervo]

Probably the problem is the height of the 14th fret maybe it's too low...or the 15th is to high. You can control it by putting a ruler on the frets

[PatrickSimsCustomShopUSA]

Probably needs a fret job.....(Level the frets, recrown them, etc) Usually runs around $75. I've had the same problem before, your lucky its only one fret. It may also be less if its just one fret thats causing the problem.