Hmm. not sure.about exactly what one looks like. I’ve never played around with 
one of them. But i’d imagine the screws would be there on the back of the 
bridge. 
Steve

> On 2 Jan 2016, at 10:12 am, Christopher-Mark Gilland <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> It's an Epiphone SG Series.  I dono if this matters, but it's the one they 
> made that's dark solid red in color.
>  
> Chris.
>  
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: Steve Sparrow <mailto:[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2016 6:41 PM
>> Subject: Re: Question about recording guitar
>> 
>> 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] 
>> <mailto:[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.
>>>>> 
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