Originally Posted by: Brian H.I would see if my saddle on the bridge had enough pressure on the last part before air. Then I would check the arch of the neck. Books Iv'e read tell me to put my left #1 finger on fret#1 and your right #T finger on the 15 fret. Then take the middle finger of the right hand to the 7 fret and you should have 15 thousands of a inch or 1/64 inch play between the string and the fret. Once this is cool only fret filling and or string raising is hip with respect to the lowest string action posible with out buzzin.

Basically all that tells you is how to measure the relief... Relief is the bowing of the net to allow the strings to vibrate freely enough without buzzing. I suppose if the action is set too low it could make the string buzz and make it sound bad... but The way that I understand the problem is more in how the note sounds... A buzz would be easier to diagnose becuase you can hear a buzz pretty plainly. But I don't think that will help you at all...