![]() ![]() You can tweak the pitch at the 12th fret pretty easy by bending the string a bit or by the difference in pressure, so I like to do intonation a few cents flat with a perfect touch so that sloppy bendy playing will be more in tune. I always match to the fundamental note (not the harmonic) with the guitar in a normal playing position with an average touch, only after having the guitar in as perfect tune as possible already and especially the pickup heights set. 'By Ear' doesn't work well, because volume difference, octave difference, and the difference in harmonic content of the note can make the same note appear to be in different tune due to the ear's unreliable perception of pitch. ![]() I'm so spoiled now that I can't use standard tuners anymore - they don't compensate for temperment and it just doesn't sound as pleasing to the ears - it always sounds as though something is off, even though mathematically it dead on. You really hear it when you use distortion - it sounds so much more unified and even. The Peterson actually has several different temperments built in, but the "guitar" is my favorite as it sweetens the 4th and 5th's so that your typical guitar style chords will sound more in tune. When piano tuners tune a piano they temper out the tuning - the center is dead on and then as you go toward either end they set it slightly sharp or slightly flat so that it imperceptable to the ear on single notes, but when you play a chord it sounds in tune. The problem with the 12 tone Western scale is that if you set the tuning mathematically perfect it will sound out of tune when you play chords - it's just the nature of the beast. The thing I do is set the intonation on the bridge saddles using the universal or standard intonation setting, but once that is set I tune using the "guitar" temperment setting. ![]() But the accuracy will spoil you - I'd replace it in a New York minute. I have a Peterson VS-1 Strobe - it's a monster in terms of size - I actually carry it and my luthier tools in an Indiana Jones looking messenger bag (it's actually a WWII gas mask bag) to every gig - it's THAT big. ![]()
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