guitar intonation

[benjy]

Hopefully this is in the right place,

Bought myself a cheap strat to play around with and was trying to set up intonation correctly. But whatever I do the screws in the bridge the 12th harmonic and open note never matched up.

and I was wondering what to do now.........

 

[Quencho092]

Re: guitar intonation

do it open then fretted.....open and 12th harmonic will give you slightly different notes.

The purpose of intonation is for you to have the same pitch open as fretted for each string at the 12th fret-the 12th fret is right in the middle of the 2 octaves on guitar so you'll have the best average intonation throughout the guitar.

A few tips-the strat was designed to have a slight relief arch in the neck for best action and intonation.

play each string open, and try to match them with the 12th fret FRETTED and you'll get good results!

 

[theodie]

Re: guitar intonation

Read this thread!!!!

https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?t=21014

 

[Jag513]

Re: guitar intonation

Which screws are you adjusting? To adjust intonation, you need to adjust the screws behind the individual saddles.

 

[LesStrat]

Re: guitar intonation

AND, sometimes a big adjustment IS necessary...and going the wrong way can work in such cases.