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Setting The Intonation On A Faber Bridge

 

When an instrument is properly intonated, all the open strings and every note on the fretboard sound at their correct pitches. If your guitar still sounds noticeably out of tune even after you’ve tuned the open strings, the intonation is off that is, the instrument is out of tune with itself. This effect is often slight rather than dramatic, but even slight intonation imbalances are noticeable enough to be annoying and demand adjustment.

After you’re done choosing your new Faber bridge for your guitar, you need to get started with the intonation. Faber guitar bridges being fully intonatable, the ABHR, ABRN, ABRM and Tone-Lock™ bridges intonation work almost similarly.  

Step By Step Guide To Proper Intonation Of Your Faber Bridge

  1. First, try to restring your guitar with the string gauge of your need.
  2. Set up the guitar as per the pitch and adjust if required every time after changing the tuning or string gauge. After the tuning, stretch the guitar strings so that they hold the tune correctly. 
  3. To check the intonation, utilizing your electronic tuner, think about the pitch of the open string against the twelfth fret and the twelfth fret consonant on your Low E string. In the event that the pitch of the twelfth fret is sharply contrasted with the open string, you should add some length to the string. This is accomplished by releasing the seat change screw to move the seat further away from the nut. Because of the expansion in tension at the rear of the extension, the pitch of your strings will go sharp. Retune and check the sound once more.
  4. In case the 12th fret is flat compared to the open string, move the saddle towards the nut and tighten the saddle adjustment screw at the bridge saddle. Slowly move the saddle towards the nut and once again the string pitch gets flat. Retune once after.

Note: When the guitar bridges saddle adjustment screw gets to the end of its seat, never force it to turn more than it freely does, which can lead to breaking the screw and damaging the saddle.

In case you have a normal Wraparound bridge, it’s not possible to set the intonation string by string basis. What you can do is, set the intonation across the overall bridge.

Faber does offer the Tone-Bar™ Compensated Wraparound bridge and the TPWC compensated “Lightning Bolt” style bridge making online guitar parts that you can replace on your own. 

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