Howdy all & the best to everyone!!
Okay, I have a dear & trusted Strat than has been my #1 'go to' guitar for the better part of 43 yrs., an early to mid 60's Fender rosewood board, & jumbo'ish frets that are nicely, evenly worn & flat like my nice LP Standard,,, The neck is straight & properly bowed, & I really haven't been using it at all, & was away perfectly intoned. Let's take the G string,, it strobes perfectly at the 5th fret harmonic after I've done the 12th harmonic, & it sounds fine when I do an open E or G chord, but once I fret down on that G string, down at the lower frets, it's rather, no, very sharp, but the sharpness gets 'flatter' as I approach the 10th or so fret, as to where it's almost normal, or close enuff for RnR, but no-go!! My Virgo ears won't give up until I'm on board with that universal A440,,, The other strings, not all, do this as well~ it's NOT my trem., & the ONLY thing I could possibly think it be is a new pre-slotted Tusq nut I put in a few months back, & it might be a little high,,, not uncomfortable or noticeable, but high enuff to put it out of tune,,, again, it getting much better as I go up the neck, & my action is so low that high-up, I'm hardly using any real pressure to get the string to the fingerboard, whereas down low, the string(s) have a longer way to travel to see fret & board...
For those who stuck through & read (& followed) my post, & thanks in advance for any help and/or remedies.
Peace & good times to all~
fwiw, I'm not using that locking bolt,, & i feel strong by my supposition,,, that's trouble indeedee
Okay, I have a dear & trusted Strat than has been my #1 'go to' guitar for the better part of 43 yrs., an early to mid 60's Fender rosewood board, & jumbo'ish frets that are nicely, evenly worn & flat like my nice LP Standard,,, The neck is straight & properly bowed, & I really haven't been using it at all, & was away perfectly intoned. Let's take the G string,, it strobes perfectly at the 5th fret harmonic after I've done the 12th harmonic, & it sounds fine when I do an open E or G chord, but once I fret down on that G string, down at the lower frets, it's rather, no, very sharp, but the sharpness gets 'flatter' as I approach the 10th or so fret, as to where it's almost normal, or close enuff for RnR, but no-go!! My Virgo ears won't give up until I'm on board with that universal A440,,, The other strings, not all, do this as well~ it's NOT my trem., & the ONLY thing I could possibly think it be is a new pre-slotted Tusq nut I put in a few months back, & it might be a little high,,, not uncomfortable or noticeable, but high enuff to put it out of tune,,, again, it getting much better as I go up the neck, & my action is so low that high-up, I'm hardly using any real pressure to get the string to the fingerboard, whereas down low, the string(s) have a longer way to travel to see fret & board...
For those who stuck through & read (& followed) my post, & thanks in advance for any help and/or remedies.
Peace & good times to all~
fwiw, I'm not using that locking bolt,, & i feel strong by my supposition,,, that's trouble indeedee
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