Any geetar players here?

[volospian]

Originally Posted by Briggykins

Well the problem with intonation is the note is fine on open strings (ie the ones most tuners check) but as you go further up the the fretboard the notes start becoming out of tune. You could use a tuner to check an octave up by fretting the 12th fret, but I'm not sure how well that will work.

Yeah, that's what I have done. That's what all the sites I have seen have said as well. It is out a little bit, but not enough to make it sound awful, just not quite perfect. It doesn't bother me at the moment anyway as anything I play sounds godawful as I've only been learning for about 3 months or so

I'm still in that "stick tongue out of side of mouth and place each finger in the chord position, before resuming strumming" phase, lol

[SidewinderINC]

Originally Posted by Briggykins

Well the problem with intonation is the note is fine on open strings (ie the ones most tuners check) but as you go further up the the fretboard the notes start becoming out of tune. You could use a tuner to check an octave up by fretting the 12th fret, but I'm not sure how well that will work.

That's the idea of setting the intonation, always check an octave (and if possible, 2 octaves up)

It's easy to do, and if you learn how to do it, you'll be set.

by the way you've said bridge/trem I assume it's an electric guitar. is it hardtail or trem? if it's trem it's a lot harder to intonate as changing one will change the tuning of the other strings and that's an arse

[volospian]

It's a PRS trem

[Justsomebloke]

Here is my help then, Take it or leave it I am old now so what do I know,

Start with the Trem, Lock that ****** down so it don't move, Yes I know Trems are flash blardy blah but **** that do as you are told Basically you are Nub & your ear isn't there yet & until it is you are not ready for a trem, Simple as. Even my fully locked headed Floyd rose needed a good ear to tweak AS you played, Yes As you actually played the damn thing you would knock it about to get your tuning back Kin thing on it's own cost more than most guitars an all
Once you have your guitar locked down & in tune & in a state where you can bash it about without it losing tune then we can begin.
Get yourself a small amp, Yes big amps are cool but they are useless for getting Decent overdrive at a volume that is acceptable for your neighbours
Get yourself an overdrive pedal
Then you want your amp at about 3-5 main volume but your Pre amp at 11+
Then crank a little overdrive through your pedal as well so that just blowing on the strings makes a sound like an aircraft/jet/roar whatever sound you can get that sustains & you like basically.
Then learn maybe half a dozen Power chords.
Then think of a rythm & just play.

I've taught people to get a guitar to sound kicking in less than a week with power chords.
Secret is getting the overdrive/sustain/sound right & Really letting go.

There JSB's easy guide to rock Godness

Doubt me & Fail !!!

[volospian]

lol, don't worry about the rock side of it. I can get what you describe with what I have (PRS SE Custom 22 and a Marshal MG50DFX). I don't have to worry about neighbours. I'm in a detached house and they are all a good bunch. If they can put up with the sound of a TVR Cerbera with straight through sports pipes firing up at 7:15am every week day for over a year, they can put up with me making "pig in labour" noises at 50 watts for a couple of hours, lol. (I remember leaving the car idling on the drive once while I went to speak the the missus while she was in the bathroom, and I could feel the bathroom floor vibrating with the sound of the engine, lol)


I don't use the trem much anyway. I know that making it sound anything other than Hank Marvin is a bit of an artform in itself, and besides, I prefer to use my fingers for vibrato and bend at the moment. Occaionally I use it, without the bar, just to add a bit of "swell" at the end of a long sustain.