Answer by Unicormaid Frankenstein for Why does the bridge saddle on a...
Action height affects the intonation the most in my experience. If you loom closely you will see the strings are closer to the fret board at the nut than at the other end of the fret board, to...
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I don't believe that thicker gauge strings obey different laws.Well, they don't, but thinner gauge strings better approximate the oversimplified laws you state before that:Physical law says that the...
View ArticleAnswer by Violinman123 for Why does the bridge saddle on a steel-string...
Everything I have read is correct but one major point is where the fulcrum is, at both the nut and the saddle effects intonation the most with a properly made steel string acoustic guitar. It is very...
View ArticleAnswer by Todd Wilcox for Why does the bridge saddle on a steel-string guitar...
The difference is that the nylon strings on the classical are all close to the same diameter, whereas on the steel string the diameter of the smallest string might be about 20% of the size of the...
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Answer by user1044 for Why does the bridge saddle on a steel-string guitar...
You are incorrect in your assertion that there is a physical law being broken here. A guitar has six strings of different diameters, different materials (some strings are a plain length of steel wire,...
View ArticleWhy does the bridge saddle on a steel-string guitar sit at an angle?
I have been playing a classical guitar for some years now and I recently purchased a steel-string acoustic guitar.I am puzzled by the placement of the bridge saddle on my steel-string. On my classical...
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