Re: [GUITARIST-L] why do we need intonation on electric guitars anyway?

[Jim Wesnor]

The reason why it's not talked about for acoustic guitars is that a tunable
bridge cannot be installed onto a flat-top acoustic guitar with some
redesign of the top and truss supports; it requires too much wood to be
removed. Arch-top acoustics, especially some of the jazz-type guitars, do
have tunable bridges.

When changing gauges on an acoustic, you need to have the neck adjusted
after a few days, to adjust relief or neck tension, which will correct the
intonation.



-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Bullis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 6:25 PM
Subject: [GUITARIST-L] why do we need intonation on electric guitars anyway?


>Hi, this is Matthew Bullis, and I am new to this list. I am wondering why
>you need intonation on electric guitars? I was reading about intonation on
>www.harmony-central.com, and it told you how to do it and when to do it,
but
>it never said why you don't have something like that on an acoustic. When I
>tune my acoustic or put new strings on it of a different gauge, I don't
have
>to do anything like that?
>Thanks for any responses.
>Matthew
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