My dear departed dad used Black Diamonds and after a couple of years they would lose their crisp sound.. Wait for it ! Wait for it ! He would take the strings off and put them in a pan on the stove and boil them.. the hot 🔥 water would immediately evaporate when he laid them on the table.. He was back in business, the strings would come back to life.. He was good to go for another year. Sure do miss my dad and him playing that old Gibson j-35.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who (almost) never changes strings on his acoustic guitars. :)

Thanks Jerry. These no nonesense explanations are perfect for a novice like me.

Another successful operation, Dr. Jerry!

Hi Nice that you could get almost all of the buzzing gone - those strings sound good but old strings do eat frets - (they get slightly sharp with age and corrosion). It was fun watching the patient's family member pacing back and forth while you worked on his family member. Good job and a beauty of a guitar.

Those 9 year old strings sound crisp! Thank you Jerry, I have the same problem on a Martin J-15, B and E strings fizzing on certain frets, and took off all six strings to level the frets. I realise only needed to remove those two! Now to put strings back on and see if it's worked.

Did you consider or check the truss rod?

Omg, fingerboard radius cork sniffers will be all over you now Jerry. Its not easy being you :)

what was the neck relief before leveling?

Sounds great Jerry, good job. That's quite a cannon. Gotta love a Martin

Good job! Sometimes I use the fret rocker and only few frets are a little high in a small area, so I work only on them using a small file that cuts only in one side, without taking the strings of. This kind of approach saves a lot of time and do not change the setup the player is used to. It is a win-win game, but you need to know what you are doing very well.

Thanks for the great work, Jerry. I'm enjoying the visit and the guitar is sounding great.

That's one nice guitar!

What a guitar.

Pretty guitar , pretty loud too. Good job Jerry

Wow! That guitar sounds amazing!!!!!

Sounds very nice!

I bet the strings are Elixir Polywebs. That is why they are my preferred strings. They will last forever, no tarnish or rust.

great video thank you so much.

If you can afford a Martin D41, a new set of strings can’t be a problem. But I must admit, these 9 year old strings still sound great.

Thanks for posting like your videos watch them often beautiful guitar I know everybody different but I would have changed strings and raised the action just a little bit at nut I definitely know that be too low for me I have tried it thank you again for posting your videos

Hello Jerry. What about just adding a very little extra underbow to that guitar?

If you were to raise the bridge, would you replace the bridge or insert a shim under the treble side? Thanks from Bill in Frozen Mn. Great video!

If my guitar was buzzing and the strings were nine years old the first thing I would do is change the strings. Jerry, couldn’t old strings cause buzzing? Why doesn’t he put new strings on it?

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9 year old strings? What strings are they? My bet is they are the Martin MSP7200 Lifespan P.B. with the Cleartone treatment. I thought they were some of the best sounding, loudest and longest lasting strings. I still have about 2 dozen sets of those in my inventory.

When the action is that low, will putting on a capo cause buzzing?

I’m no luthier but is it wise to do a quick fix on a guitar that expensive?

Nah. I don't like that guitar. Send it to me and I'll destroy it for you. Not. It's a beauty.