Guildedagain
Enlightened Member
Intonation is a wonderful thing to to get right, "for the guitar to be in tune with itself".
On electrics it is very simply done - but seems to elude many - with any tuner, as long as you grasp the concept correctly.
"If the fretted note is sharp compared to the harmonic, the bridge saddle will need to be moved back, away from the headstock. If the fretted note is flat compared to the harmonic, the saddle will need to move forward, toward the headstock."
And some tricks.
"If your bridge saddles are as far back as they can go (or a fixed bridge) and your intonation is still a couple of cents sharp, use a .001 or .002 thinner gauge string to flatten the intonation."
On electrics it is very simply done - but seems to elude many - with any tuner, as long as you grasp the concept correctly.
"If the fretted note is sharp compared to the harmonic, the bridge saddle will need to be moved back, away from the headstock. If the fretted note is flat compared to the harmonic, the saddle will need to move forward, toward the headstock."
And some tricks.
"If your bridge saddles are as far back as they can go (or a fixed bridge) and your intonation is still a couple of cents sharp, use a .001 or .002 thinner gauge string to flatten the intonation."