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Permalink Reply by Brian Novak on February 13, 2011 at 5:44am

I used this method, finished up the guitar and somehow ended up with the 12th fret NOT being the octave......

 

I have 24.5" from nut to bridge, 12th fret is spot on 12.25", the 3rd string is tuned to low G and the 1st is tuned to high G.  When I play the 12th fret of the 3rd string it is not the same as the open 1st string....  The 11th of the 3rd string seems closer....

 

I'm completely confused by this.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on February 13, 2011 at 6:48am

Brian, how high are your strings? If you have them set too high, then when you press down on them, the string will have a tendency to go sharp on you. Also double check your bridge, you may have to angle it a bit to get the intonation correct.

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Permalink Reply by Brian Novak on February 13, 2011 at 7:24am

didn't think about string height.....

and that's the culprit....  If I play the 12th with a slide it's perfect, when I press the string down it jumps up to G#.

Seems as though my action at the 16th fret (the last one) is about 1/3" and about 3/16" at the 1st fret.

I'm using GDG tuning with electric 32W, 24W, 16 strings. Any idea as to what height would be good to shoot for before I try modifying the bridge?

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on February 13, 2011 at 9:21am

I would go for 3/16 or so at the last fret. I set mine to the height of a penny at the first fret, that is how I cut my notch in the nut.

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