How to Adjust Guitar Intonation : Adjusting the Intonation for Guitar Strings

[HughJaz69]

kramers suck

[airheadoo]

I actually lke ths one because it's shown with a Floyd rose

[secretloser70]

as he did the A string, now his low E went out of tune.

[scotchya]

hahaha.... see that? its perfect!... lol .... even shows the finger lifting...guess he made the point tho... even if trying to come of as a one shot on the money deal lol.

[havalyousef]

God blessing

[PoulChuck]

love your Kramer!

[Darfaultner]

I didn't see that it was perfect, I saw that it was flat and then you hit the open string again to try and fool us. Well you didn't fool me. Mraaagh haaa

[Qrush]

@Darfaultner

Yeah what the hell.. xD

[wldntknow]

@Darfaultner LOL

[inkey2]

helpfull hint: if you are having trouble with the needle on the tuner bouncing back and fourth on any given string......turn you tone to the dullest sounding setting. That usually calms it down a bit

[robban97swe]

Omg... Look at 1:50 there he should play the 12th freat at A but he's playing open again...

[Songwriter4God]

@robban97swe BAH! Faker! And he also put his strings on backwards!

[robban97swe]

@Songwriter4God the video was help full untill everybody could notice that's fake...

[zman32006]

@Songwriter4God have you ever had a floating tremolo? its easier to put the string on backwards than to cut the ball off of every string. but I do agree with you that the ending is jumpy and fake.

[Songwriter4God]

@AEROSMITH7441 Wrong! I didn't smile. :P

[emergence999]

this video just reminded me how much i dislike my guitar......stupid floating bridge lol

Any1 have any good recommendations on a guitar with versatile tones (rock, blues, jazz, metal) with NO floating bridge? - Budget £400

[jaiwook63]

try getting a stellar

[darthankit]

check out the Ibanez RG321MH.... no floating bridge, has great tone and i think fits right into your budget.

[bigblubox]

@ emergence999: try a Parker P42! you will love it.

[JohnDexterSantos]

it looks too exotic, i vote for the RG321MH

[JohnDexterSantos]

whats the matter with a floating bridge? . .

[emergence999]

itsa personal taste thing....i like to do alot of unison bends in my style and when u bend strings with a floating bridge it detunes all the other strings - i recently got a custom Strat but it came with a floating bridge which i blocked. im a much much happier musician now :) - no frustrations at all with my guitar so fixed is for me i think. Oh yeah and changing strings is a 5 min job. Also i can play around wiith diff tunings and strings which you cant easily do (if at all) with a floater

[JohnDexterSantos]

really? i never had that problem with my floating bridge. . . :) its really a personal taste thing

[nexusdejavu]

it's very premature to adjust the intonation with loosening the string then adjusting with just guessing the approx. amount needed for the right intonation...

Guys there's a tool named "Intonation Tool" for floyd rose systems. you need not to loosen the string, just plug it behind the tremolo to lock the position of the saddle, then loosen the saddle screw and adjust it via the tool, while the string is in tune...just bought mine and will adjust it soon...

just for your information..

[AlexMalishev]

can this tool be used to block tremolo for long time to make it sort of fixed bridge?

[sclogse1]

Good grief. Do you know how difficult it is to find a single youtube video that states one simple thing? That is...if the pitch is sharp when playing the 12th fret compared to the open string which direction you move the bridge? God.

[jadefalcon5]

away from the fingerboard.

[Hangtime96]

I appreciate the info and I don't want to sound like my grandpa but the Geico ' commercial ' before the video , : (

[sillis75]

what if the string is correctly intonated open and 12th fret, but the string is completely out tune with the other strings?

[darthankit]

throw away your floyd rose and get a hardtail

[guitargod525]

great video

[viletantrum]

Thanks

[elsrocks]

I don't understand what to do?!?!?!?! I don't have a guitar with a floyd rose. WHAT DO I DO?

[ninjahimself]

i do not use a tuner to do this. i can intonate a guitar string far better by ear. play the harmonic at the 12th fret on a string, then fret the string. if it is grossly out of tune for the fretted note, you must adjust the intonation. with 24 fret guitars, you can go a step further and intonate from the 24th fret harmonic and 24th fret fretted note. you MUST have your action very very very close to the board to do 24 to make your string completely accurate.

[elsrocks]

So depending on whether the 12th fret is flat or sharp, would adjust the bridge up a little or down?

[ConAshVids]

you dont move the bidge its the string saddle that you move, if its sharp move it towards the neck, if its flat move it away from the neck

[elsrocks]

Thanks. I understand what to do know.

[ConAshVids]

no problem, if you want help on guitar stuff come to my channel, i may be young, but i do all the repairs at my local music shop

[linuxguy2009]

When your 12th fret is sharp then that means that the string is too short and the saddle needs moved away from the nut. When the 12th fret is flat then that means that the string is to long and the saddle should be moved toward the nut.

[linuxguy2009]

Intonating at the 12th and 24th fret makes no difference to one another. Those are octaves and will be exactly the same when intonated properly. Intonating by ear is going to be inaccurate compared to a good electronic tuner. Guitar action has nothing to do with intonation at all, in fact in setting the intonation properly will compensate for any action that your guitar is set up with.

[ninjahimself]

linuxguy, yeah a good electronic tuner like a condenser mic and lingot, NOT A 5 DOLLAR KORG TUNER! and yeah, a tone generator to ear is superior to a computer that confuses 5ths for roots, and is clueless about phase clapping. (probably why the korg tuner includes tone generating??) your right you can bend the string a mile to touch the fret and set intonation to it but i would never advocate that. classical guitars and acoustic guitars have fixed bridges, so this is electric ONLY!

[INEEDAUSERNAME95]

That's what I'm doing for mine. I think it is easier to do by ear too.

[rg2027x]

If tuning is flat @ 12th fret, move saddle forward towards nut. If sharp, move backwards.

[viletantrum]

I've never intonated a guitar while holding it. Doesn't this corrupt the tuning process by allowing gravity to pull on the neck?

[curiouscat2009]

no you want it intonated while holding the guitar.

[viletantrum]

I'm not familar with Floyd Rose bridges.I like fixed ones instead. I guess it's what ever way you are comfortable doing.

[linuxguy2009]

You intonate while holding. If you intonate while the guitar is laying flat and then get done and pick it up they will all be off again because gravity pushes on the neck when laying down.

[Kalmahborn]

I just cut the ball end off.. That's what I was told to do, so I've always done it.

[TheLivingDeadOne]

I string my Fender Heartfield with a floyde rose the same way,. Then I cut the balls off,. hehe,.. Then i tighten my Bone Nuts and play with my G string,. haha

[Muggzie76]

youre such A Machine Head

[seudonak]

not the edge pro II though

[JoeLerum]

well no wonder it was out of tune your strings are on backwards lol! just kidding thanks for the help

[bubbleabee]

err dickhead, its a good trick to do for tuning

[JoeLerum]

it was a joke...