Rattling at the string grooves..

[DanielB89]

I just got a new(to me) bow in the mail and I noticed bow, when I pluck the string, has a little twang or noise coming from the string grooves.  Where you would usually pluck the string and head a thump(from an all wood bow), this one has a little rattling sound, instead.  


Any ideas?  low brace height?  waxy loops?


yes it is a take down, but i know the noise is coming from the string groove area on the top and bottom of the bow.

[PEARL DRUMS]

Loose fur silencers will do that. Odds are its probably where the string leaves the body of the bow. Put a bit of mole skin under the string on the belly of the bow. Dyneema strings are much harder than B50, IMO, as a result they transmit noise softer strings wont make audible to us.

[damascusdave]

I have one bow that will do that when the brace height is too high...with most bows I tend to brace on the high side because I have a long draw and consequently power stroke...with that particular bow it makes that sort of noise and I needed to take a few twists out of the string

DDave

[DanielB89]

Originally posted by PEARL DRUMS:
Loose fur silencers will do that. Odds are its probably where the string leaves the body of the bow. Put a bit of mole skin under the string on the belly of the bow. Dyneema strings are much harder than B50, IMO, as a result they transmit noise softer strings wont make audible to us.

.. it actually has some type of fur silencers on the bow.. that has to be it.  I have already put a new string on it, but I bet that was it!

[DanielB89]

Originally posted by damascusdave:
I have one bow that will do that when the brace height is too high...with most bows I tend to brace on the high side because I have a long draw and consequently power stroke...with that particular bow it makes that sort of noise and I needed to take a few twists out of the string

DDave

thanks, Dave

[David Mitchell]

Could be bow string wax sticking a bit.

[HighNTree]

If the string is not quite lined up in the string groove, there can be a little rattle in the limb tips when you shoot. If the string is not running straight down the limb groove, try twisting your limb a little to line the string up.

[D. Key]

I vote for Loose silencers. Happened to me more than once.