Technical question

Hello all. I had been having trouble with the G buzzing on my Washburn electric. I changed the strings...etc and the problem remained. I wanted to see if there was something I could do before having to pay to get it repaired so I tried something different. On the head, past the nut, there are two T-shaped guides that 4 strings run onder on their way to their pegs. I took the G out of the T-shaped guide (only the G) and it stopped buzzing. My question is, does this hurt the guitar or the string(s) and is it a proper way to stop the string from buzzing?

Thank you.

It shouldn't make any difference as one of the things that T is there for is to keep the string on the nut by maintaining a more acute angle down to the peg. I also vaguely remember something about this also helping tuning.

As far as stopping buzz is concerned a more typical approach is to rase the action of the G a little and that is usually done at the bridge. However setup is also dependent upon the truss rob running under the fret board which determines the amount of curvature or bow on the neck. Loosening the truss rod is often a good way of relieving buzz on the first couple of frets as opposed to messing with the saddles / bridge. i wrote an article on set up in the "studio" category of lessons off the main GT page.

remember intonation after adjustment!!!!!! i have used a bit of matchbook in the nut to raise the action...a cheap quick fix but not very "simonesque" (professional)

Thank you. How do you raise the action at the bridge? I know you can raise/lower the action via the truss rod but adjustments at the bridge are a mystery to me.

I'll check out your article. Thanks for taking the time to respond.