i have an ibanez with floyd rose trem and i have just changed the strings for ernie ball super slinky 9's and im getting a hell of a lot of fret buzz off both the E and A i never before i have stretched stings but no better i have put the same strings on my gibson les paul and its doing the same, to me it seems these strings move around and vibrate a lot more than the strings that were on both guitars. does this sound right and does anyone have an idea of other strings i could fit.

Yeah slinkys will buzz a bit, try adjusting the truss on the neck and see if it helps.

http://www.athensmusician.net/archive/2001-05-01_geneimbody1.shtml

I used Slinkys for years and about 10 years ago i changed to Dean Markley then onto D'darrio. I found the with the Ernie Balls, i was snapping top E's on a regular basis, even when i had a new Musicman guitar, this happened, so i sent the guitar back and told them i wasnt happy. They had the audacity to say i must play too hard :thumbdown:

Any way i did some research and found that some of the string sets can be on the shelf for months before being sold and because they are loose in each packet, the air gets to them and they can have oxidisation, which when coupled with sweat, rots the string quicker, so i tried Dean Markley strings as they are hermetically sealed and dont see any air till you open the pack. Never had a problem since, with buzzing or string snapping.

 

When you change strings, if they havent been done for a while, you should as par for the course, check the set up, saddles, intonation and neck. As the strings wear, they stretch, relaeasing the tension slightly placed upon the neck, so when you put on a new set at full tention, the settings are likely to change also. HTH

i adjusted the truss and raised the action but nothing, raising the action really high helped but i found it unplayable, i heard of the 'Ddarrio but didn't know if they were any good as i'm still a noob at this. on my les paul i changed the bottom 3 strings for castle strings (came free) and that has stopped the buzz. on the question of the truss do you get your neck flat or bowed mine has the wizard neck as i tried all ways and it didn't help

http://www.athensmusician.net/archive/2001-05-01_geneimbody1.shtml

 

that answered the truss question thanks :cool3:

I have mine relatively flat, adjust the saddles for each string in a slight arc, but if you need a slight bow, then it needs to bow in, rather than out.

Over time, depending on how much its played, you will get slght fret wear, so the frets below the 7th fret are getting more worn than the ones above and as this happens, the string will tend to buzz of the upper frets more.

You can get a flat block of wood with a bit of fine emery cloth and do whats called a fret dress, ie take a fine layer off the top of high frets or the frets you see that are causing the string to touch.

String wise, it can be down to personal preference, but i would never go back to ernie ball. I used them for years until i discovered the Dean Markley then the D'darrio's.

I buy them from http://www.thomann.de in germany at a much cheaper price than strings in the UK. I find the D'darrio's last longer sound crisper and are hermetically sealed at the factory, so you are getting like a contaminent free string.

i always use d'addario strings but thats on an epiphone les paul, 3 sets for £8.98 bargain.... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-sets-of-daddario-exl110-electric-guitar-strings-NEW_W0QQitemZ320651101760QQcategoryZ20987QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m506QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DNGRI%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUA%26otn%3D8%26pmod%3D320635540860%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D6807753766734815949

Thats a good price, didnt even think of looking on ebay lol and apart from here i bloody live on ebay.

thanks for the help guys