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  • Anyone do the roughing intonation procedure?

    I do it pretty much to all my guitars... but always notice that the "E" and "A" saddles for all my strats don't go back far enough to get into the limits they call out. Maybe I'm mis interpreting what the center of the "Saddle" is. I interpret the middle of the saddle is where the adjustment post are.. It seems to always be right on or just a slight adjustment to bring it into.


    Originally posted by Fender Website
    You can preset the basic intonation of your guitar by taking a tape measure and measuring from the inside of the nut to the center of the 12th fret (the fret wire itself; not the fingerboard). Double that measurement to find the scale length of your guitar. Adjust the first-string bridge saddle to this scale length, measuring from the inside of the nut to the center of the bridge saddle. Now adjust the distance of the second-string saddle back from the first saddle, using the gauge of the second string as a measurement. For example, If the second string is .011" (0.3 mm), you would move the second-string saddle back .011" (0.3 mm) from the first saddle. Move the third saddle back from the second saddle using the gauge of the third string as a measurement. The fourth-string saddle should be set parallel with the second-string saddle. Proceed with the fifth and sixth saddles with the same method used for strings two and three.
    Last edited by JetFixxxer; 01-01-2008, 02:03 PM.
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    No, because tape measures are not calibrated and therefore can only be used as a reference - you might get 25.50" or you might get 25.56".

    I go by where the string is first pinched across the saddle and nut slot, which may or may not be the direct center of either depening on wear and action.
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