Re: Saddles


"Derek Tearne" <derek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Eddie <Esolomonson1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> "Eddie" <Esolomonson1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:nqbCf.5629$Jn1.4972@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Hello...
>> > I have a 71 Precison that needs proper saddle adjustments. Can anyone
>> > tell
>> > me where I might be able to find the correct measurements, length-wise?
>> > TIA!
>> >
>>
>> Thanks to all who have posted their thoughts and techniques.
>> So it seems there are two schools of thought here.
>>
>> 1 - After new strings, the 12th fret octave vs open string or
>> 2 - 12th fret harmonic vs open string with a quartz tuner.
>
> I think you missed...
>
> 1 - fretted note at 12th fret vs octave harmonic using ears.
>
> And surely a note has to be fretted at some point for intonation to be
> adjusted - <...> comparing open notes to harmonics is really just
> confirming that the laws of physics aren't being defied in some way.
>

Absolutely! If someone plays a harmonic and it's out of tune with the same
string played open, all I can assume is they have a /really/ flabby string.
Playing a harmonics should not bend the string at all, which is the only way
such a pitch-change could occur.


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