yeah, it’s a bit of tryale and error. Generally i much prefer a guitar tech to do this work. But i have gotten myself out of trouble. What sort of guitar do you have, if it’s a stratt or Tele, there are 6 little screws on the back of the bridge. These adjust the string length. So normally what i do is hit the string open, and then play the harmonic on the 12th fret, and compare the pitch of the two notes. I think a tuner would make it easy for a sighted person. If the harmonic is flat, then get a little screw driver and turn the screw clockwise, and the oppersit way if it’s sharp. But you won’t need to turn it much, maybe an 8th of a turn or less.
How ever having said that, if you have never been shown how to do this, may be best to get some sighted assistance first from someone who’d done this before. There may be lots of reasons why the intonation is out, yes the harmonics will help, and are very much a part of the set up. but it could be something to do with a nec adjustment swell. I don’t play around with that at all. Steve n 2 Jan 2016, at 9:22 am, Christopher-Mark Gilland <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm not sure how I'd play with the harmonics though. I'm a fairly beginner > guitarest. I mean, as you all've heard in some of my recordings I've sent > the list, I can get by, but that's about it. > > Chris. > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Steve Sparrow <mailto:[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2016 5:41 PM >> Subject: Re: Question about recording guitar >> >> Hey Chris. it can make some difference, and it will probably help a bit, But >> as you have multiple notes going on, it’s not going to fix the problem >> really well. Have you tried playing around with the harmonics on the guitar >> itself. That may get you out of trouble until you can get it looked at >> properly. I think you said it’s an electric guitar is that right. >> I’ve set the internasion on guitars before when in trouble, and i’ve got the >> job done. >> Steve >> >>> On 2 Jan 2016, at 7:52 am, Christopher-Mark Gilland <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> I have a lead guitar part I need to record on a song I'm tracking. We have >>> a little problem though. >>> >>> For some reason, my 3rd G string and also on some occasions my 2nd B string >>> keeps going out of tune. It's not a matter of retune it though. If I do, >>> then certain chords, like E, or G sound fine, or A, even, but if I play a D >>> chord, then, ewwww! Gross! the G string, and the B string are totally >>> flat. More so my G string. No, these are not wound strings. >>> >>> Anyway, my suspicion is that I probably have an intonation problem going on >>> here. I plan to take the guitar into a shop and have 'em look at it, but >>> in the mingtime, my question is, if I was to pop auto-tune on that guitar >>> track, would that make it sound worse, or could I effectively use that and >>> maybe get the thing more in tune? I mean, I know it theoretically would >>> work, but do you think it would sound unnatural, or is it hard to say? >>> >>> Is there maybe a better way until I can get this thing looked at that I >>> maybe could tackle this? >>> >>> Chris. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
