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February 8th, 2006
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Cool! Who's Carlos?
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February 22nd, 2006
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Thanks UGB!
You just saved me about $AUS 80 dollars including strings to have my guitar set up.
Neil
"Good Music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and quits the memory with difficulty" Thomas Beecham
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February 22nd, 2006
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Great! Now start charging your guitar playing buddies to do their guitars and you'll have money for a new axe in no time!! 
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February 23rd, 2006
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Originally Posted by Ultimate Garage Band
Great! Now start charging your guitar playing buddies to do their guitars and you'll have money for a new axe in no time!! |
Now that's a good idea! 
Just a query about the intonation instructions you gave UGB. You know how you said that firstly make sure the guitar is in tune before commencing the intonating and then once that is done, to place a finger down on the twelfth fret and pluck it to see if it goes on zero. Did you mean actually fretting the twelfth fret or picking the harmonic on the twelfth fret?
I ask that because when I did it I picked the harmonic on the twelfth fret and all 6 strings were okay.
But if you meant to actually fret it on fret 12, then I'll have to go back and do it again.
Neil 
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February 23rd, 2006
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Fret it, not the harmonic. The harmonic signals the note in the natural plane of the string; a fretted note, which is what intonation affects, pushes the string out of it's natural plane down to the fret. This is why the note would be flat or sharp.
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February 28th, 2006
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Hey UGB...I know you from the Carvin bbs...right? Really good, down to earth description of the intonation process. Thanks and keep 'em coming.
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February 28th, 2006
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Yessir, I used to hang on the Carvin BBS. Had over 5000 posts there. Then management got stupid so I, like a lot of people, left. I thank you for the props on the thread. If I had posted this on the Carvin bbs it would have been deleted because I didn't mention that it was a CARVIN guitar we were adjusting the intonation on.
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February 28th, 2006
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Hey UGB...yeah they got a bit picky over at the Carvin bbs, still lots of good folks there but I have not registered since they changed everything so I just pop in once in a while to see what's up there. The Carvin museum site that Kevio runs is good and most of the old Carvin crowd hang there so I go there pretty often. This site looks to be very informative and relaxed...I think that I am going to like it here.
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April 17th, 2006
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Question?-when you say to start at concert pitch--ie 440 cycles--you mean the A string is tuned to 440 correct?-all the rest are tuned to their respective frequencies?
Of All the Things I've Lost it's My Mind I Miss the Most
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April 17th, 2006
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Originally Posted by USGold
Question?-when you say to start at concert pitch--ie 440 cycles--you mean the A string is tuned to 440 correct?-all the rest are tuned to their respective frequencies?
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yep.
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April 18th, 2006
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Thanks-I thought I got it-just wanted to be sure we meant the same thing---great post UGB----Scott
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July 12th, 2006
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great intonation nostalgia UGB ! I ran off a bunch of copies to feed some of my students who may need them. Keep up the great work, as it proves to be extremely useful for those in need. See ya ! Johnny
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July 13th, 2006
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Hey Johnny, glad to help! Hey, I know a guitar dude in Cartersville; bet you know him too. He works at a music store there, his name is Joseph, and he's 6'-7" tall!!!
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July 13th, 2006
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thanks for your time to chat
hey there UGB it's great to shoot the bull with you ! the thing is, i don't deal with the cartersville music stores for they are way to costly. I shop at Ken Stanton Music, and Guitar Center in marietta. but for what ever it's worth thankyou for thinking of me ! peace, love, and good will to you my good man. Johnny
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July 13th, 2006
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Hey there UGB, hows it goin ? I just got done talkin to a bass player buddy of mine, that knows a tall guitar player named Joey from a cartersville music shop. now if thats the same man you spoke of i don't know, but there is a Joey out here. take 'er easy UGB, talk at ya later. Johnny
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