After I had done all of the other settings, it came to the final part - the one that I was most afraid of, as it would "make or break" all my guitar-maiking efforts:
Setting the intonation. Now it would prove if the pickup and bridge were positioned properly, the string through holes in the right position and the guitar playable after all.
I tuned the guitar, then (in order not to bend the strings sideways) placed a capo on the 12th fret, to see if it would play a clean octave.
It turned out that the tone was too high on the 12th fret, i.e. I hade to make the strings longer by moving the bridge saddles away from the neck, using the phillips screws at the end of the bridge.
Starting from the low e string and working my way up, I tuned, placed the capo and checked intonation, using a guitar tuner as an additional aid.
As there was one bridge saddle for two strings each, I tried to do it for both sides at once, in order to find a good compromise setting for both strings.
Lucky enough,. as I was using compensated bridge saddles, I could achieve quite a balanced setting.
Turns out the bridge position was ok, and once I did a final tuning, I was surprised and really glad how nice the guitar sounds after all, with a very much balanced sound across all strings!
Setting the intonation. Now it would prove if the pickup and bridge were positioned properly, the string through holes in the right position and the guitar playable after all.
I tuned the guitar, then (in order not to bend the strings sideways) placed a capo on the 12th fret, to see if it would play a clean octave.
It turned out that the tone was too high on the 12th fret, i.e. I hade to make the strings longer by moving the bridge saddles away from the neck, using the phillips screws at the end of the bridge.
Starting from the low e string and working my way up, I tuned, placed the capo and checked intonation, using a guitar tuner as an additional aid.
As there was one bridge saddle for two strings each, I tried to do it for both sides at once, in order to find a good compromise setting for both strings.
Lucky enough,. as I was using compensated bridge saddles, I could achieve quite a balanced setting.
Turns out the bridge position was ok, and once I did a final tuning, I was surprised and really glad how nice the guitar sounds after all, with a very much balanced sound across all strings!
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