Junior Jr III Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I've just replaced tuners and bridge on an LP Jr and need to set the intonation. The bridge is a GFS intonated wraparound and I wondered how close to perfect will I be able to get this? Do I have to use a bridge with independent saddles? I like the idea of keeping this fairly true to the original setup. I've got another Jr where the low E is out of register while the others are fine. It has the stock wraparound bridge and tuners. Probably I just need to have patience and spend more time fiddling with the set screws and height adjustment. Tips from the experienced please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 As far as I am aware, early Juniors were casual as to intonation... I use a top quality Junior copy which has a straight wrap around with no thought for adjustment Sounds fine to me V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 As far as I am aware, early Juniors were casual as to intonation... I use a top quality Junior copy which has a straight wrap around with no thought for adjustment Sounds fine to me V +1. I have an original '59 and the straight wraparound sounds fine to me too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I replaced the original bridge on my SG Junior with one of these ---> http://store.guitarfetish.com/Wilkinson-Lightweight-Adjustable-Intonated-Wrapround-Bridge_p_892.html (Wilkinson Adjustable Intonated Wrapround) Nice improvement. Not only with intonation, but with the sound of the guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweed2 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't wraparounds designed for wound Gs? That a lot of the intonation problems associated with wraparounds started when people started using plain Gs? Seems I heard or read that somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhead Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 THE WRAP AROUNDS WON'T GET YOU INTO PERFECTION, BUT CLOSE. I HAVE A JR THAT WASN'T EVEN CLOSE AND PURCHASED A LEON QUANN BAD ***. BIG IMPROVEMENT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Jr III Posted September 6, 2012 Author Share Posted September 6, 2012 Thanks for the opinions. I'll monkey with both of them and see how close I get. Tweed, the middle of the board seems ok on both. Problems tend to come from the bass E side. Couple of turns of the screw should do it or I'll just turn up the distortion and who cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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