Dead note?

[leo.andres.91]

ok, recently, i have a problem with my fretboard
when i play the first string (thin E) on the 4th fret, it wont sound at all, all it's gonna do is buzz and that's it, 3rd and 5th frets are fine..
so i wonder what could i do to change this? re-fretting?

 

[jmb23]

from the sounds of it,your guitar needs a setup or a partial refretting

 

[EngelFaeuste]

Possible problems:

1. neck warp
2. action too low
3. Worn frets
4. neck twist.

1/2 - easily solved, bring to guitar tech or DIY. Simple truss rod adjustment/raising of bridge
3 - not so easily solved, bring to guitar tech for fret dressing/refretting (I don't do that though, it's tedious, most people charge 100-200 for stuff like that)
4 - Whee, you're f*cked.

 

[donutator]

I think one of the frets higher than the 4th frets might have sightly popped out , send your guitar to a tech. This is not called a dead note, dead note is when a note sustains less than other notes due to resonant frequency, not fret buzz.

 

[predz23]

...4 - Whee, you're f*cked.

Rofl!! yeah hope that never happens to me, if you get it signed by some famous guitarist then you can sell it for some money