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Topic: Fender Stringmaster Intonation |
Michael Snellin
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Essex, UK
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Posted 19 Apr 2011 6:55 am |
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Hi,can any one tell me if setting the above is clockwise to sharpen the note,and ant,i clockwise to flatten, im not sure.?
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Dana Blodgett
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California, USA
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Posted 23 Apr 2011 2:17 pm fender stringmaster intonation
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Michael, how are you trying to set the intonation? If you are trying to set it with the wheel behind the bridge, I don't think that will get the job done. I believe that is a "tone wheel" to blend the two pickups together to get a different sound out of it. I do not own a Stringmaster and maybe someone else should chime in here.
I was under the assumption that intonation has something to do with your "bar placement" for example, on the fret line or in front of the fret line or behind!? Is the bridge adjustable?
There are several "Stringmaster" players on the Forum and would know better than I would about this issue.
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 23 Apr 2011 2:35 pm
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I didn't really understand the question. Could you please re-phrase it?
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Jason Hull
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Posted 23 Apr 2011 5:27 pm
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Turning the screw clock-wise will move the saddle back, lengthening the string length. Do this if the intonation is "sharp", i.e. if the fretted note, at the twelfth fret, is higher than the harmonic.
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Butch Pytko
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Orlando, Florida, USA
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Posted 23 Apr 2011 5:59 pm
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| On my '57 Stringmaster there are 2 intonation adjustment screws on each side of the pickup blend control--one going thru the bridge on the end away from the player & the other going thru the bridge on the player's side. Turning either screw clock-wise would move the bridge-end out, away from the pickups--sharpening. Counter-clockwise would move the bridge-end in, towards the pickups--flatting. By todays standards this type of adjustment is less than ideal. Moving the bridge in or out with this design effects more than one string, so it can be frustrating to get it right. The more ideal arrangement would be to have independent adjusters--one adjuster for each string, like the present day standard & bass guitars have. However, I'm curious, why do you think the intonation needs to be adjusted? Good luck. |
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