iskim86 Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 all my strings, except the D is intonated. it frets flat at 12th fret so i've pulled the saddle as far as it goes towards the nut and still no luck. so i tune the D string a bit higher so that it's good at 12th.... and then the open note is sharp and messes up my D chord the weird thing is, it frets flat the most on 7th to 9th frets... and another thing is, my previous LTD guitar had a messed up D string too!! it's s tune-o-matic style bridge... i'm starting to think it's the nut's fault any suggestions? thanks edit: oh yeah i just put a new set of strings on too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcovis Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 Since it's a tune-o-matic, have you flipped the saddle around yet? I've seen some guitars where you have to do this in order to intonate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!WOOD!! Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 Is this something that has just happened?Also have you had this guitar for a while.?I,m guessing it is the strings if it is a new problem or you have changed guages and could be the nut.No guitar loses intonation that badly for no good reason.If you don,t know how I would take it for a set up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iskim86 Posted March 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 Since it's a tune-o-matic, have you flipped the saddle around yet? I've seen some guitars where you have to do this in order to intonate. tried that.... doesn't work even then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iskim86 Posted March 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 got a new D string, it's in tune now! it was teh defective Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 ....dude. Seriously, first thing you do if a quick turn of a screwdriver doesn't fix intonation is REPLACE THE STRINGS. Heck, replacing strings should be the first thing you do before intonating, period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P90 Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 (edited) Does anyone know if it would it help to place a small piece of material at the nut to extend it move that point closer to the bridge, kinda like an earvana? Edit: I probably should have said to make a notch and move the nut point back, not forward. Edited March 18, 2007 by P90 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 Nut compensation is a different issue from bridge compensation. They solve different problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iskim86 Posted March 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 ....dude. Seriously, first thing you do if a quick turn of a screwdriver doesn't fix intonation is REPLACE THE STRINGS. Heck, replacing strings should be the first thing you do before intonating, period. uh.. sorry about my stupidity? i've had defective strings before, i just didn't know it would be this often Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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