Whats intonation on guitars?!
Question: It basically means how much "in tune" the guitar is with itself.
A guitar with good intonation will play notes exactly one octave higher on the 12th fret, compared to the open string note.
Why is this important?
Because a guitar with poor intonation is musically INACCURATE. Because music is mathematical, playing a badly-intonated guitar is like wearing a watch that sometimes speeds up by two seconds, and sometimes slows down by half a second - i.e. it's useless.
A badly-intonated guitar will sound wrong when certain notes or chords are played, especially further up the neck.
When a guitar has inaccurate intonation, you may notice that chords played at the bottom of the neck sound correct, but the same chord played higher up the fret board have some notes that become out of tune, making the chords sound more like noise than music.
An example is that you may play an open A on the 5th (or 3rd) string together with the same note on the 6th (or 4th) string to add depth. If these notes aren't exactly the same, you may think that your instrument is out of tune.
Thus, when setting up a guitar, the last step should be to check its intonation and adjust it accordingly.
Useful links:
How to check and adjust intonation:
http://www.projectguitar.com/tut/intonat...
http://www.fenderplayersclub.com/front_o...
Answers: It basically means how much "in tune" the guitar is with itself.
A guitar with good intonation will play notes exactly one octave higher on the 12th fret, compared to the open string note.
Why is this important?
Because a guitar with poor intonation is musically INACCURATE. Because music is mathematical, playing a badly-intonated guitar is like wearing a watch that sometimes speeds up by two seconds, and sometimes slows down by half a second - i.e. it's useless.
A badly-intonated guitar will sound wrong when certain notes or chords are played, especially further up the neck.
When a guitar has inaccurate intonation, you may notice that chords played at the bottom of the neck sound correct, but the same chord played higher up the fret board have some notes that become out of tune, making the chords sound more like noise than music.
An example is that you may play an open A on the 5th (or 3rd) string together with the same note on the 6th (or 4th) string to add depth. If these notes aren't exactly the same, you may think that your instrument is out of tune.
Thus, when setting up a guitar, the last step should be to check its intonation and adjust it accordingly.
Useful links:
How to check and adjust intonation:
http://www.projectguitar.com/tut/intonat...
http://www.fenderplayersclub.com/front_o...
What do you mean?? Like how are they tuned by string?? there are quite a few different ways.
Intonation is basically string length. All electric guitars have adjustment on the bridge to control length. Individual strings can be adjusted. Use an electronic tuner. Play a string open and at fret 12. The note should be the same. Make sure the neck is adjusted properly and string height is set and finally take care of intonation. I've heard many bands where the guitars are out of adjustment. The lower frets sound great, but up high it's out of tune.