In Depth Indie Music

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A community for folks passionate about everything that falls under the indie umbrella, aiming for connection beyond song-sharing.

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Musicians are very much welcome to share their own work. Rule #1 still applies. In-depth is the key word here! Tell us more about it!
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(Mando) Can someone help me diagnose this? (youtu.be)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by SethTaylor@lemmy.world to c/IndepthIndie@lemmy.world

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EDIT: Fixed

(I know I'm unlikely to find another mandolin player or a stringed instrument technician here, but I figured, heck, let's see if I get lucky!)

So my bottom E string seems to be playing consistently one semitone low. It's had fret buzz for a while, but recently it made a pop noise and now it sounds as shown in the video above. I can't see any obvious issues with the string, nut or frets, but something is certainly wrong.

I'd like to start by replacing the strings, but the fact that it plays consistently one semitone off made me think it's more likely a fret issue.

Any thoughts?

Might turn out to be relevant: this is a super old mandolin without a truss rod

EDIT: Fixed

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