Thanks =D But actually, this was all gone over in rather excruciating detail in one of the books I bought. Ultimately I think I should've mounted the bridge slightly further back. But I did measure it carefully so I'm not exactly sure how that managed to happen. But with the saddle all the way towards the tailpiece and the bridge bent back slightly it's fine. When I make my next guitar I'll be a little more careful. ;)
On 10/03/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmmm. > I usually do my own adjustments with my bass, and the following are stuff i > learned so far: > > 1) actual scale length > You may want to check up on the exact length that the neck is fretted for - > you can easily get that with some math and the fret lengths. if your fret > scale is not the same as the string length at the low "E", then you may have a > problem. For some reason, this doesn't always hold true - I chalk it up to > certain scale lengths being more forgiving than others. > > 2) string set > admittedly, the combination of player and instrument influences how intonation > is - some people have a light touch, some don't, and guitars (even in the same > manufacturer and type line) have very individual feels and "give" in terms of > resonation. If you're not getting good intonation, that's another thing to > look at: matching the string type to the player and the player's guitar. > > 3) frets > Sometimes, the frets themselves may be the problem; some may be raised because > of loose installation, or the fret may be slightly skewed. > > 4) neck > The neck itself may be slightly out of alignment, causing an intonation > problem. other problems with the neck include necessary readjustment of the > neck's bow curve, via the truss rod. At worst, the neck may have a twist. > > 5) bridge > bridge height and fine tuning is the easiest to solve, but it's also good to > look at how the bridge is anchored to the wood - while it may be solid with > the strings at playing tension, when loose, it may be wobbly. another thing to > look at is if the actual height of the bridge is matched to the string height > as it pertains to the guitar's actual construction. > > Hope this helps! > > On 09/03/06, Reynolds, Jason M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Since intonation is related to string length, I figured you might be > >> treading dangerous water with how short the distance is between the bridge > >> and the nut. You might want to try a different gauge as that affects > >> intonation. > >That's interesting, the length of even non-speaking string still has an > >effect? > >Oddly enough the intonation is better at the 24th fret than it is at > >the 12th, and the other strings seem to be alright. This may be a > >career opportunity for me so I'm open to learn anything there is to > >learn about it. > > John > > -------------------------------------------------- > The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] > > Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml > Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in > the BODY: help list > -- ==================== Arigato Gozaimasu, John The best 9-11 documentary in the universe. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8260059923762628848 Who's got time to worry about the rest of the world when you can worry about what a few misguided Catholics did hundreds of years ago? http://omegaplus.blogspot.com/2006/03/whos-got-time-to-worry-about-rest-of.html -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list
