Robert S.
Super Moderator
Re: My Les Paul STD Arrived Today
If you got that guitar under $1400 you did well, it looks like a nice piece from here.
Generally a guitar should set-up with the low E and G strings closest to the stop bar (in your case) and the high E and D will be closest to the nut with the remaining strings somewhere in the middle. Whenever I see a guitar that is "out" as far as that pattern goes I always check the intonation. Just use a tuner and check each string first open and then at the 12th fret. If your 12th fret is sharp or flat your saddles need adjusting. he vast majority of guitars I see and work on have "owner" adjusted bridges that need some tweaking. The saddles being out is a dead give away.
If you just had the guitar set up and the tech did fret work as well im suprised that he didn't address this. If thats the way that the sets up in tune, that would indicate a humped nut slot in most cases. That can cause some funky deadening in the way the string rings open because the string is vibrating inside the slot instead of out from the leading edge of the nut.
But hey, if the guitar is playing right and you are happy with it then play the snot out of it. The bridge just caught my eye. First for having the old style bridge instead of the later usually found on Stds, then the mounting bushings caught my eye, then the saddles.
Nice piece of wood you got there, I'm just a little partial to LPs.
If you got that guitar under $1400 you did well, it looks like a nice piece from here.
Generally a guitar should set-up with the low E and G strings closest to the stop bar (in your case) and the high E and D will be closest to the nut with the remaining strings somewhere in the middle. Whenever I see a guitar that is "out" as far as that pattern goes I always check the intonation. Just use a tuner and check each string first open and then at the 12th fret. If your 12th fret is sharp or flat your saddles need adjusting. he vast majority of guitars I see and work on have "owner" adjusted bridges that need some tweaking. The saddles being out is a dead give away.
If you just had the guitar set up and the tech did fret work as well im suprised that he didn't address this. If thats the way that the sets up in tune, that would indicate a humped nut slot in most cases. That can cause some funky deadening in the way the string rings open because the string is vibrating inside the slot instead of out from the leading edge of the nut.
But hey, if the guitar is playing right and you are happy with it then play the snot out of it. The bridge just caught my eye. First for having the old style bridge instead of the later usually found on Stds, then the mounting bushings caught my eye, then the saddles.
Nice piece of wood you got there, I'm just a little partial to LPs.
