juststartingout
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Why are bridges not parallel with the fret wires. but the intonation is correct?
Shouldn't intonation and scale length be the same for a high E and a low E. As far as I know, the 12th fret should be exactly 1/2 of the scale length.
My SG has a 24 1/2 scale length and the intonation is dead on. On my hi E, the distance from the bridge to the 12th is 12 1/4, right where it should be. On the low E the distance from the bridge to the 12th is 12 1/2, which is 1/4 too long. While I havn't measured the rest of my axes, it seems to be consistant, where the low E is longer than the high E.
Why is this?
Shouldn't intonation and scale length be the same for a high E and a low E. As far as I know, the 12th fret should be exactly 1/2 of the scale length.
My SG has a 24 1/2 scale length and the intonation is dead on. On my hi E, the distance from the bridge to the 12th is 12 1/4, right where it should be. On the low E the distance from the bridge to the 12th is 12 1/2, which is 1/4 too long. While I havn't measured the rest of my axes, it seems to be consistant, where the low E is longer than the high E.
Why is this?