stip78 Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Glad I found you folks. I recently started working on my own gear, most of it is going well however I am having problems with my beloved 60 reissue classic plus paul. I have set the string height to factory specs, I thought I had straightened the truss properly HOWEVER, when I go to work on the intonation, the treble strings pull sharp no matter how far back I push the saddles. PLEASE HELP!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleSixx Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Are you trying to set the intonation with a set of fresh strings ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRom Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Two things you can try. First one's a bit of a pian tho ... turn the saddle around for that string. Some people have had success with that. Second is, try lowering that side of the TOM a little bit. When you say that the truss rod is straight you don't mean that your neck is perfectly striaght do you ?? Also, you know that everytime you move the saddle you have to re-tune the string right? Just checking ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stip78 Posted March 9, 2008 Author Share Posted March 9, 2008 Yes, I know that you have to retune every time you move the saddle. And the neck is not perfectly straight, it does have some relief. (Maybe it could use a little more?) However, the strings are new. This might be my bad, I am going to let the strings break in and try again. If it comes down to it, I will try reversing saddles. Any other advice would be greatly appreciated. THANKS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleSixx Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 when I go to work on the intonation' date=' the treble strings pull sharp no matter how far back I push the saddles. PLEASE HELP!!!![/quote'] The intonation will always go sharp when screwing the saddles back. Try going in the other direction to flatten. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plank_Spanker Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 The intonation will always go sharp when screwing the saddles back. Try going in the other direction to flatten. Good luck. You sure about that? Moving the saddle back (towards the back strap peg) increases the length and flattens the 12th fret note. Could be wrong, but...................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stip78 Posted March 9, 2008 Author Share Posted March 9, 2008 according to erlewine, if it pulls sharp the saddles move back. another question about it. i am using an older boss TU12 (needle tuner). some have said should be using a strobe. could this be part of the problem? because, when I am moving the saddles back, there's not a lot of movement flattening the tone at the 12th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 I have a TU 12 and it's spot on . and always has been . I've compared it to some much higher end tuners and i't just as accurate ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plank_Spanker Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 according to erlewine' date=' if it pulls sharp the saddles move back. another question about it. i am using an older boss TU12 (needle tuner). some have said should be using a strobe. could this be part of the problem? because, when I am moving the saddles back, there's not a lot of movement flattening the tone at the 12th. [/quote'] You, and Mr Elerwine are correct... You don't need an expensive strobe tuner to set intonation. I use a Korg tuner with a real (not LED) meter movement, and I can dial mine directly in. Are you using the 12th fret harmonic, and not the fretted note? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sycephant Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Make sure you adjust the truss rod a little at a time and then let it sit. It takes a while for it to adjust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stip78 Posted March 9, 2008 Author Share Posted March 9, 2008 first off, thanks for all the responses. I think I am seeing the problem here. I use some heavier strings these days and the one string that is really having problems (G) looks to be sitting too high in the nut. I think there might be some filing that needs to be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stip78 Posted March 10, 2008 Author Share Posted March 10, 2008 I filed down the nut a bit. I reversed the saddles as well and wham, the paul is back in action (and in tune). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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