Hey ya’ll.
My guitar is buzzing on the low E string anywhere past the 3 fret. And the action is already high enough!
Does anybody know what the problem could be?
God bless,
Chicken Wing.
String Buzz on the low E string
Mine announced winter with a buzz too on the second string I believe! 
It’s an action issue in my case (in other words, its somewhat fixable with adjusting action)
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There are many causes of buzzing on an acoustic guitar. You say that the action is high
and that it does not buzz below the 4th fret of the Low E string
The first thing I would look for is a high fret on the 5th through 7th fret on the low E string side. That would possibly be a fret problem and easily remedied with tapping down the offending fret or doing a fret level, crown and polish on your frets. Another reason for “buzzing” noises could be a loose brace that is rattling sympatheticly with the notes above the 3rd fret of the 6th string. Rattles can also be caused by loose tuning machines and the knobs (again sympathetic vibration). The ball end of any string may rattle against the underside of the bridge (against the bridge plate). Even a loose truss rod can cause buzzing or rattling.
What has me most concerned is that you described the guitar as already having poor action
Is the guitar properly setup? You can make measurements to check if the action is the problem. Capo the 1st fret. press down the 14th fret and look under the 7th fret. The distance from the bottom of the string to the top of the 7th fret wire should be about .004" (about .1mm) or about 1/3 the thickness of your first string. If it touches, the truss rod is too tight. If it is more than that, it “probably” needs tightening to get it to that measurement. Now remove the capo and look at the distance from the bottom of the 6th string (Low E) to the top of the 12th fret. That should be about 2mm. Look at the same distance between the string and the 12th fret under the 1st string (High E). That should measure about 1.5mm. If these are not your measurements, you probably should take it to a good local luthier/guitar tech and have it properly setup. With a good setup, even a cheap guitar can play wonderfully easy. You do not want to be working when you pick up your guitar. After all, it’s called “playing” the guitar.
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I kinda thought might be the case, because it wasn’t doing that in summer.
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@JohnM @DrGuitar1 I figure out why my low E string was buzzing! It was either 3 things:
1 new pair of strings.
2Cleaning the nut slots.
3 Bridge for some reason was crooked so I pushed it back down! 
I did that all at once 
so I don’t know which one it is!
But, either way its fixed. Praise God! I didn’t have to take it and get a big set-up on it. 
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I would suspect 3. to be the cause but I’m glad the annoying buzz went away! 
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Yep, it was probably #3, but you mentioned that the action “is already high enough!” which has me concerned that you need a proper setup on the instrument. If you have a good luthier nearby, it is money well spent!
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Noted. Thanks!