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Originally Posted by Ultimate Garage Band
Intonating your electric guitar or bass
Is the fretted note flat? This means the saddle for that string in the bridge is too far away from the nut. Is the fretted note sharp? This means the saddle for that string is too close to the nut. You already know what to do, don't you? First, detune the string so saddle adjustment is easier, then using either the screwdriver or the allen/hex wrench, adjust the saddle whichever direction you need to, retune, and try it again. When the fretted note is dead on zero as well as while the string is open it's dead on zero, then that string is done. Move on to the next one. Perform all tunings and fretted notes with the guitar in your lap in a playing position; do not lay the guitar on it's back and make these adjustment. It's that easy!
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Please tell me what I'm doing wrong. I have the guitar in perfect tune and a string is sharp at the 12th fret. I move the bridge back a little to get it in tune at the 12th fret but when I check the tuning of the open string, it is now flat. I seem to be just chasing around in circles trying to get them both the same. Am I doing something wrong or do you just keep screwing the bridge back and forth till it all falls together?
Thanks in advance,
hb