RG 8 Setup help

[yournotalone]

had the same problem with mine but just on the 8th and got it setup correctly and it still acted up, the only way to fix this would to take it to a luthier and have them check if the frets are level cause literally half a milimeter can cause buzzing and knowing how cheap the guitar is explains the fretwork

 

[Hybrid138]

Here is my 7th and 8th string from my axe-fx ii to heard the buzz/dead notes

https://soundcloud.com/hybrid138/7th-vs-8th-string-buzz

 

[donray1527]

Would I use the 8th string? I'm assuming I would have to lower the action first?

You can use any string, but it is easier to tell the difference on the thicker strings.

 

[Hybrid138]

Update: I've been able to intonate the higher 7 strings perfectly and there doesn't seem to be any buzz. The 8th string still has some buzz and intonation problems. I'm thinking a thicker string would probably be the answer. Theoretically, I would be able to have the action lower and that should help my intonation issues. I tuned my low E back up to standard F# and the intonation problem got better but still wasn't very good.

 

[donray1527]

Update: I've been able to intonate the higher 7 strings perfectly and there doesn't seem to be any buzz. The 8th string still has some buzz and intonation problems. I'm thinking a thicker string would probably be the answer. Theoretically, I would be able to have the action lower and that should help my intonation issues. I tuned my low E back up to standard F# and the intonation problem got better but still wasn't very good.

Yeah throw an 80 or 85 on there.

 

[Hybrid138]

I think I have .082 right now.

 

[donray1527]

Oh. Well you might want to go bigger then. I had an 80 on my rg8 and it worked fine.