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040: How to adjust Intonation and Action on a Guitar


Dr. Noise tries to explain as best as he can how to adjust the intonation and also the action on a guitar to cure those tuning and string height issues! Dr. Noise: www.youtube.com Twitter: www.twitter.com

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25 Responses to “040: How to adjust Intonation and Action on a Guitar”

  1. My new guitar arrived today, and when I started playing it I noticed the horrible fret buzz. What should I do to fix it? Adjust the truss rod or raise the bridge? Also do I need to remove the strings to do either of these? I have a concert next week, so I dont have time to take it to a shop.

  2. 5 stars, you win.

  3. Those are called the saddle by the way

  4. Lol I love how all you can think of at the beginning is “Remember me?” anyways I have the same model, special II, in ebony

  5. is action what causes the buzzing noice on certain frets? on my strat it makes a buzzing noise on the 7th fret of the low E. Btw nice vid

  6. Good video….do you know how to lower your bridge? Mine’s way too high right now and I can’t use my whammy bar. I tried tuning the strings down then it got back to normal, but then it got messed up again when i went back to standard.

  7. stev0697657656358987 on February 28th, 2010 at 8:03 am

    wiki is a beautiful place hahahaha thanx for the info dude

  8. thanks 4 the warning!

  9. sometimes that curve is the reason the action is bad, however. Especially in the less affordable lines. It is certainly the last thing one should look at when adjusting however. You can adjust the saddles though, but the only way to really “adjust” is to replace with a higher or lower piece. Same with the nut.

  10. Many of us have bought acoustic guitars which were probably more affordable and, inherently, have poor intonation qualities. Obviously, we can’t make saddle adjustments. Some of these acoustics also have horrible action after the 7th fret. Horrible I say! Can you make a video demonstrating how to lower that action? The truss rod should only be used to correct for neck curvature and never to set the action.

  11. i think you’re psyching people out a litttle too much dr. adjusting the intonation on an acoustic is really difficult and has the potential to fuck up your instrument, but on electrics its pretty simple if you’re at least slightly profficient at guitar

  12. If you do it, I’d like to see it on an acoustic, but judging by your expression and your saying that it could screw up the guitar, well, I don’t really mind if you don’t show us.

  13. that’s it!

  14. You mean the saddles on the bridge Dr. Noise?

  15. CleverestWitch2188 on February 28th, 2010 at 10:37 am

    I have to admit, I was waiting for an Alan wrench or Alan screw joke…. then it didn’t come. Kind of disappointed with you, Bill. =P

    I’m pretty sure I would never ever try to do any of this. It’s still neat to learn about though.

    -Sara

  16. Great tips. Thanks for the information.

  17. I’d appreciate that on an acoustic geetar, please :)

    Also “Alan screw”. . .dirty mind! DIRTY DIRTY MIND! *slaps self*

  18. This is so weird hearing intonation being talked about with a guitar. I’m in marching and concert band, and intonation is talked about alllll the time. haha

  19. you want to use a pencil for checking intonation

  20. Seriously if you don’t know what your doing with truss rod DON’T mess with it on your own you can seriously f**k up your guitar. Best thing to do is if you have an old guitar your going to throw out for whatever reason practice on that.Another great vid

  21. Yeah,show us more of this,it’s interesting! i would like you to show us on a Electric Guitar

  22. helenzebcharles on February 28th, 2010 at 3:20 pm

    Great video Bill. I can safely say I would be terrified to attempt any of this stuff. But it is really fascinating. Good to get an understanding of how the guitar works.

  23. *my problems are solved*

  24. Cool learnings, Bill. Another example of why I love this channel so much. (and if you don’t know what “so much” is, you can look it up on the internet.)

  25. generally speaking, many many new guitars don’t come already adjusted. All of my guitars have needed adjusting to a degree.

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