New Ibanez AFJ95 w. ART-W wooden bridge, intonation problem with flatwound wound G??

[Woody Sound]

Your bridge is back too far on the treble side to compensate for the higher unwound strings. Thus the higher wound strings will be flat. You need a compensated saddle. You can probably find one for around $20 or so if you look around. I would try a cheap one first to see if it works before spending a lot of money.



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[Greentone]

The bridge that came with the guitar is cut for an unwound G. Look at the position. Now look at the G string position of the compensated ebony bridge above.

[p4chuss2]

Thanks Greenstone. Is there any site you know where I can learn more about intonation and the bridge positions for compensations? I am not quite sure to understand which would be the ideal figures or positions and why. Cheers, Ricardo

[Woody Sound]

Your bridge is back too far on the treble side to compensate for the higher unwound strings. Thus the higher wound strings will be flat. You need a compensated saddle. You can probably find one for around $20 or so if you look around. I would try a cheap one first to see if it works before spending a lot of money.

Whoops, I just realized this is a very old thread, sorry.

[Barcia]

By the way, in my case it was the string!