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Some guitars "just buzz more than others"..

Hi everyone! So I have a Fender Custom Shop Strat in my shop at the moment, and it's a real PITA. I've leveled the frets, made a new nut, and set it up to my liking. Normally this would help remove a lot if not all fret buzz, but this guitar just keeps buzzing all over the fretboard. Every single fret buzzes. It's very prominent as well. I've heard some guitar techs say that "some guitars just buzz more than others", but I can't accept t…

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I had just seen a video where someone claimed that fret slots cut too wide with too little glue could potentially cause a buzz, especially if all the frets are just "tack glued" on either end of the f…