Mr songwriter
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I know the recommended way to set the intonation on a guitar is to compare the 12th fret harmonic with the fretted 12th fret note on any given string, but for some reason I've never really found it easy to compare a fretted note with a harmonic, so I do it the following way, which seems to work, though I'm wondering whether or not it's technically unsound:
To make bridge saddle adjustments for the G string (for example) I would make sure that the G string was in tune with the D string by ear (comparing 5th fret Dstring with the open G) and then play the open D string together with the G string fretted at the 7th, 9th, 11th, 12th, then 14th frets and adjust the saddle accordingly.
Does anyone else do it this way? or are there any other/better ways of doing it I haven't mentioned?
To make bridge saddle adjustments for the G string (for example) I would make sure that the G string was in tune with the D string by ear (comparing 5th fret Dstring with the open G) and then play the open D string together with the G string fretted at the 7th, 9th, 11th, 12th, then 14th frets and adjust the saddle accordingly.
Does anyone else do it this way? or are there any other/better ways of doing it I haven't mentioned?