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elwoodblue
Advanced Member
Username: elwoodblue

Post Number: 236
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 2:08 am:   Edit Post

Does anyone have any thoughts/experience/input concerning the microfrets philosophy of correcting intonation at the nut?
... because of the difference in action at the nut and the action of a fretted note.

I try not to sweat the small stuff...I really like learning about it :-).
I see now why a zero fret can be a logical solution, they always seemed strange to me until I got my first Mosrite ,now not so much.

I guess it's time to pull out the strobe and see how much a finger pressure affects intonation on a guitar that has medium action.

thanks all
811952
Senior Member
Username: 811952

Post Number: 1362
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 5:50 pm:   Edit Post

If it's setup correctly and you don't play ham-fisted, then it should be in tune as-is.

A zero-fret is simply an easy way to make sure the nut (zero-fret playing the part of the nut in this setup) is at the correct height.

The basses I've built had zero-frets, because I didn't want to suffer through cutting notches in nuts and screwing it up..

John

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