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5. INTONATION
The saddles on the tremolo bridge can be adjusted to compensate for the
pitch modification that occurs when the string is stretched as it is fretted. This
adjustment is made by tightening or loosening the set screws at the rear of
the tremolo bridge. (See Figure 7)
Start by tuning your guitar and sounding a harmonic chime directly above the
twelfth fret on the sixth string. Now fret the sixth string at the twelfth fret and
compare that pitch to the harmonic. If the fretted note is higher than the
harmonic pitch, tighten the set screw to lengthen the string. If the fretted note
is lower than the harmonic, loosen the set screw to shorten the string length.
When the harmonic and the fretted note sound the same note, the saddle is at
the correct position. Repeat this procedure for the other five strings.
6. PICKUP HEIGHT
Each single coil pickup is adjustable on the bass and treble sides. Finding the
best combination of tone and volume will require some experimentation. A
good place to start is to adjust the pickup height so that the first string is about
18 over the pickup pole and the sixth string is about 316 over its pole.
Electric Guitar setup is an art in itself. For more detailed discussion we highly
recommend that you go onto the internet and search on “electric guitar
setups”.
Web sites to visit:
www.flemingmusic.com.au
&
www.lacemusic.com.au
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