If it is a note that it is in tune below five and going sharp beyond, it is intonation. If notes are in tune up past the fourth or fifth fret, but going sharp around the third and below, it is a nut slot that is too tall. Or, maybe, the shop won't let him do nut work without charging more? But, if he didn't talk about the nut slots, he doesn't really know what he's doing. Or he would have spent a couple of minutes cleaning up the nut. Obviously the guy at the shop is just a shop hack.
But, a good setup, no matter who does it, will make a guitar so much more playable and the experience of playing it so much nicer. I know some guys who buy a guitar and take it straight to a good luthier. I know a lot of guys who just buy a guitar and go to town and have great success. New strings, checking action, intonation, truss rod, nut slots, frets, all of it.
But, a decent set is around a hundred bucks.Įvery new (to me) guitar gets a full setup. I own a number of guitars and work on them myself. I messed with welder torch files for a few years, but eventually purchased a set of nut slot files. Which, in reality, is better than too low! Nuts on new guitars are usually cut 'close'.
If so why just the GString? Why not the other higher strings as well then?īut it does sound WAY better then it was, and that's what he told me he did. He came back and it was much better.Īt then end of all the tweaks, he said that he also lowered the Pickups because he was thinking that the Magnets could be pulling on the strings. He then took it back and tried some more. Thoughts on this?īut when i tried that, the 15 fret was in tune but the 3rd was still sharp. He also mentioned to do intonation on the 3 and 15 instead of open & 12, as you are putting equal pressure on the string when comparing. He then adjusted the Neck, and then the action and intonated it a bit more He first looked at it, and confirmed my findings, that being that it wasn't as bad after my attempts to fix the intonation but that 2nd fret G was still sharp. I mean it should be "Good to Go' Considering I bought it brand new on Monday. So after reading some of the suggestions, and feeling overwhelmed, and puzzled at the same time, I took it back to the shop for them to take a look at.
But wanted to see if this was common, if I missed something, or if I was doing something wrong.įirstly thanks guys for weighting in and giving the free advice, Much appreciated. I plan to take it back to the music store. And I can hear it playing the D cord still. it's still registering Sharp on my tuner. (Should it be pushed that far back?)Įven with the intonation corrected, the G string is still off when playing the 2nd fret (A). Now it's pretty much near the end of the adjustment area, and the 12 fret on the G is pretty good. At first the intonation was pretty sharp at the 12 fret, so I pushed the Gstring Bridge adjustment back towards the tail of the guitar.
The 5420 doesn't have a floating bridge, so I was adjusting the bridge to correct the intonation. I place a C or G, (where the gstring is open), and then the D Cord, it's noticably off. For the past two days I've been really battling the Gstring and getting it in tune, especially on a D Cord. But bought it anything just thinking it was out of tune, and nothing a good tuner wouldn't fix.īUT. I got my G5420 Monday, and when playing it i noticed the G string was abit off.