Who knows tricks about setting up guitars?

[Whoopysnorp]

I've got this Agile Les Paul knockoff that I really like for the most part, but it doesn't quite intonate right. The main problem is the low E string, on which I constantly bottom out the adjustment of the saddle and still need more string length to get it to intonate properly. This is also a problem on the G string to some extent, and looking at it now I see that I have the B and high E bottomed out as well but if I remember right I was just barely able to intonate those correctly. Is there some kind of magical thing I can do with the truss rod or something to get that to work better, or is the bridge itself installed just a bit too far towards the neck?

[GearJunkie]

it could be that you're using an Agile Les Paul knock off.

</snobbery>

[Nubus]

Originally Posted by Whoopysnorp

I've got this Agile Les Paul knockoff that I really like for the most part, but it doesn't quite intonate right. The main problem is the low E string, on which I constantly bottom out the adjustment of the saddle and still need more string length to get it to intonate properly. This is also a problem on the G string to some extent, and looking at it now I see that I have the B and high E bottomed out as well but if I remember right I was just barely able to intonate those correctly. Is there some kind of magical thing I can do with the truss rod or something to get that to work better, or is the bridge itself installed just a bit too far towards the neck?

Does it have a tune-a-matic bridge? If so you could raise it up a modicum on that side only and see if that works. I would imagine it would
edit- I'm not sure if raising it is correct - maybe lowering is the right way

[Whoopysnorp]

Originally Posted by Nubus

Does it have a tune-a-matic bridge? If so you could raise it up a modicum on that side only and see if that works. I would imagine it would
edit- I'm not sure if raising it is correct - maybe lowering is the right way

That screws up my action though.

Originally Posted by GearJunkie

it could be that you're using an Agile Les Paul knock off.

</snobbery>

Um...duh. I know that; I'm trying to figure out a way to fix it.

[Nubus]

Some people use shims in places like the nut or in the space between the neck and the body, but I'm not a fan. Sometimes I'll bang around on the guitar with the handle of a screwdriver and see what happens.

[subsonic bob]

Sometimes turning the saddles around will give you more length for intonation. Is your neck adjusted right? maybe it is because you got a knock off.

[Robin Hood]

What i have encountered quite a lot---> Most of the time when you get just ONE string that gives trouble,

1) replace it..Ive seen "dud" strings that will make you want to break your guitar out of frustration, and in the mean time...its the string

2) If it looks as if the saddle is going "beyond" the bridge, tighten the truss-rod a little and re-tune...you'll notice most ( if not all ) of the saddles will then have to be moved forward a little...


You get this quite a lot on "new" guitars as they tend to still be "running in"