...just about every electric guitar I have ever seen has individual saddles that allow strings to be adjusted for both height and length. However, when it comes to acoustics there is either very little or no means of easy adjustment. Surely on an acoustic you can't hide behind effects and/or distortion and would therefore expect intonation to be more important? My guess (and it is only a guess and therefore probably wrong) is that the sound of an acoustic is more harmonically rich and complex so that trying to achieve perfect intonation is pretty pointless. Anyone know?
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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Even electrics (like PRS's stop-tail) which lack individual height/length adjustment, give very accurate intonation. Given that most acoustic players tend not to venture up the dusty end too often, the factory positioning of the bridge and compensation in the saddle usually produces a perfectly acceptable level of accuracy.
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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
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