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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on December 17, 2013 at 8:26am

how high  are  your strings  ?  (action) 

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Permalink Reply by Jantan ux on December 18, 2013 at 7:46am

How imporant is String action ? Its not very high. 2mm at 12 fret. 1mm at 1st fret.

Strigs are medium gauge. Guitar is les paul type.

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Permalink Reply by Bad Finger (Eric) on December 18, 2013 at 8:47am

Without pictures, it sounds like you have the bottom 3 strings too short and the top 3 too long.  Take the middle 2 strings and measure the distance from the nut to the 12th fret.  Make the distance from the 12th fret to where they break over the bridge equal to your first measurement.  Then check the tuning and intonation on those two strings.  From there you should make all the other string lengths equal to the middle two to start and adjust the thicker strings a little longer and the thinner strings shorter by a little to get the best possible intonation.

If you have problems after that, then I would guess you have problems with the fret locations on the neck.

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Permalink Reply by Jantan ux on December 18, 2013 at 8:55am

Guitar is vintage v100. Nothing is changed. Only bridge pikcup is changed.

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Permalink Reply by Jantan ux on December 19, 2013 at 2:49am

Under 2 tone I'm mean guitar tuner  stripes. On my guitar tuner is led lights.

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Permalink Reply by Bad Finger (Eric) on December 19, 2013 at 3:06am

Can you tune it by ear using fretted notes instead of your tuner?  Maybe the tuner is the problem here.

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Permalink Reply by Jantan ux on December 19, 2013 at 3:56am

Then I need to compere my guitar with guitar wheres every thing is right.

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Permalink Reply by Bad Finger (Eric) on December 19, 2013 at 4:55am

At least the first note (low E string in standard tuning) or you can use a piano, pitch pipe, harmonica, or whatever.  Then fret the note on the E string that corresponds to the open note on the next string (A in standard tuning).  Continue on down until you have all the strings tuned by ear.  Then go back and see what your tuner shows for each string.  If you are careful, you can tune it all by ear.  It takes practice and training your ear to hear the same pitch from a fretted string as an open string and it is easier for some people than others.  But it will at least get you close and maybe even good enough to play without your tuner.

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Permalink Reply by Andres on December 19, 2013 at 10:03pm

Check your string harmonics (falsett). I always setting the string lenght by getting the harmonic on 12 fret, by slightly touching the string. If it's off il move the brigesaddle untill i get it right on the 12 fret. Hope it helps

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Permalink Reply by Jantan ux on December 20, 2013 at 5:03am

I got guitar in tune. At leastI I think I got. I moved bridge and tailpice height.

I think I need to tune in E flat. Too high sounding for me.  If strings was 0.2-0.4mm from frets, then sustain was bad. I can make sound recording when I have time do it.

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Permalink Reply by Will King on December 20, 2013 at 5:30am

When I am tuning my new gits for the first time, I always use a on-line tuner and a clip-on tuner at the same time to make sure that I am in the right octave for each of the strings.  I always tune the string up to their package marked note and leave them there for the next day or so, retuning every few hours, than take them up to the note I want to use for that string.  It almost always works for me.  But I have one sitting in the corner, that no matter what strings or tuning I use, it sound like s...

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