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Question about tuning/ intonation/ bridge placement/string placement

Posted by Shanna Dewey on March 13, 2013 at 9:35pm in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion

This guitar is a 4 string guitar with E, A, D, G on it (top four).  The 12th fret harmonics are perfectly in tune.  But the 12th fret is sharp on all strings, almost to the next note.  Is the nature of the beast or what should I be looking at to fix it.  This is a 24" scale.  We've tried moving the bridge from 23 7/8ths to 24 1/8.   We've tried the bridge straight and angled.  Thanks for any feedback you might have.

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  • Craig Mayhem March 14, 2013 at 9:22am

    if your action is high at the bridge that might affect it too

  • Shanna Dewey March 14, 2013 at 7:25am

    Awesome!  I'll keep tweaking it then!  Thank you! 

  • The Phrygian Kid March 13, 2013 at 9:55pm
    Hi. The harmonic will always be in tune. The trick is to move the bridge until the note there is in tune with that. If the notes are sharp you need to nudge it backwards, making the strings longer.
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