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Unless it’s clearly audible through an amp, it’s nothing to worry about.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Of course, some like a bit of buzz, such as Neil Young.
Some of my guitars buzz, infact my tele does so more, but it has been set up with a lower action than I’m used to.
I’m never fussed about a little buzz, I dont think I hear it through the amp, and its never enough to choke notes out.
I guess perfectly level frets are the first key though. Otherwise you’ll have to jack the strings up to compensate, which could ruin playability for you.
You just have to decide if you'd rather have low action or no buzzing or find some kind of happy medium according to what you prefer.
Could be wrong though. I couldn't live with it even if it was completely proven it had no effect on the amplified sound - I just hate the sound of it and can only play buzzy guitars with headphones on.
I don't think it really matters what anyone else thinks about action, set it high enough to get rid of the fret buzz and see how you like the feel then decide if you'd rather put up with fret buzz to get a lower action or if you're okay with the higher action and no fret buzz.
I will adjust the top E and B up a touch if they choke on large bends until they stop choking, for instance my Tele with 7.25” radius needs 5/64ths across all strings.
Any buzz I hear when I dig in is only heard acoustically and doesn't come through the amp. It's easy to disappear down a rabbit hole of misery and insecurity over fret buzz, just set your guitar up sensibly, plug in and play. Some guitars will rattle more than others, but in a band mix you will barely hear it. For some reason amp modellers can make guitars sound more rattly than a valve amp.
I used to listen out for buzz on pro recordings because I'm a saddo, Paul Weller's Rickenbackers used to rattle a bit on some Jam records as did Andy Summers Tele on some early Police tracks, not to mention Ed King's Strat with Lynyrd Skynyrd!
I get the action where I’d like it and adjust the relief as required. Fret the strings at the third fret and you should be able to see the strings almost touching the first fret, this is a good guide to having the nut slots at the correct depth.
Fret around the 17th and check the string height at the 7th get, again it should be around the strings thickness above the fret (or less if you like and can get away with it).
I find if if both of those are right I can set the action as low as I’d like, but different guitars require different set ups.