cheap steel string set-up

[tc4b]

My employer just bought me a guitar, for which I'm grateful. I'm not nuts about it, it's a Takamine 'g-series.' It's very brittle sounding, but it's also nice and loud which should work well in the classroom.

I have two problems I hope might be solvable by a non-guitar-tech type person. 1) Low-E buzz. I know how to fix this on my electric, but not on an acoustic. And 2) The thing's just so damn bright. It sounds like someone recorded a normal guitar and boosted the high frequecies while scooping out the low to low-mids.

Yeah I realize it's a cheap guitar, but I'd like to help it a little if I could. Thanks.

 

[dave.....]

try ?

try different or softer picks ... if you are using picks .... maby try playing w/ your fingers ???

 

[YeshuasFan]

I'd suggest taking the thing to a local guitar shop who has a good tech and check the whole set up. I'm not sure what the cost will be where you live but one of the local shops here has a booming business doing setups for local guitarists who purchase grab bag guitars via the internet. The local shop charges about $20 - $30 US for the service. Sometimes it's as simple as a truss rod adjustment. I had a problem with low-E buzz on a Dean 12-string I used to own--happened every time I changed strings. That's why I got rid of it and never recommend Dean acoustics--their necks aren't stable. And it was costing me a small fortune to have the neck adjusted every time I changed strings.
Necks where the wood has been properly dried/cured and sealed with straight grain pattern should not have such problems.