How Can I Set The Intonation On My Guitar Better?
Q: I have an Epiphone Les Paul standard and I’ve lowered the bridge and backed up the saddles, both as far as possible and the octave notes on the 12th fret of each string are all still too sharp. Is there anything else I can do?
A: If you’ve lowered your action and adjusted your saddles and your strings still go sharp, it could be something wrong with your truss rod. At this point, you should take your guitar in to have the truss rod adjusted. You could do it yourself, but you would risk breaking your truss rod, and replacing that is a very nasty and expensive process.
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January 12th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Yes, hold on one minute please =P
See that piece of hardware in between the bottom pick up and where the strings are held from…. each string should have its own screw thingy… hook up your guitar to a tuner, and just keep turning this screw VERY little until the tuner says its in tune on every fret….
Also, if it is really bad, you might have to take it into a shop, where they will adjust a metal rod that runs down the neck.
(This metal rod is to support, and makes it able to straighten a bowing neck)
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January 12th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Not really. But the saddles shouldn't be anywhere NEAR the back of the tailpiece. What strings have you got on it? If they're ridiculously light or heavy, then you'll have problems. (Get a real Les Paul - no issues at all :P)
Start again, whip the strings off, set the saddles dead in the middle. Make sure you have enough space between each fret and the bottom of the string to slide a piece of folded paper in easily. Then try setting the intonation again.
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January 12th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
If you've lowered your action and adjusted your saddles and your strings still go sharp, it could be something wrong with your truss rod. At this point, you should take your guitar in to have the truss rod adjusted. You could do it yourself, but you would risk breaking your truss rod, and replacing that is a very nasty and expensive process.
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