hi

if this has been mentioned before
then im sorry.

i know its been mentioned before
about how a guitar with a licensed trem is nowhere
near as good as an original.
but is there any reason why i tune my guitar to perfect pitch
standard and i lock the nut at the top and it goes completely out
or when i play a song in standard
and i play a different son in the same tuning or even same key
and its in tune for the 1st song and not for the 2nd

btw has it got anything to do with
innotation or the neck or sumthin

any help is much appreciated
cuz im pissed of really

also somethin i forgot to mention
when i reach past the 12th fret
its completely out of tune on the e b and g

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how old are ur strings, u just need to stretch the strings. and what type of bridge is ur trem?

they are about 2-3 weeks old
and its a kramer trem

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are all the nuts holding the strings (both on the nut and bridge) as tight as they can be? I had that problem a bit and just tighting the bolts and it seemed to go away

dont know about the getting past 12 fret and it out of tune...odd

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yeah its really strange about it going out at the 12th and up
but i will tighten the nuts a bit more and see if that makes a difference
hopefully it does. is there anything else it could be?

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dont know, but perhaps your neck is a bit warped? that could be why its out of tune past 12....would suck balls but it could be


btw who is in your avatar? I wanna say its a guy from an older band...priest perhaps?

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adrian smith - iron maiden guitar god IMO.

anyways back to the tuning
can a warped neck be fixed or am i as they call
it screwed

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if its not too bad I think you can turn the truss rod a bit (wouldnt suggest you do it) and it may fix it but if its really bad then your fucked. is it a bolt on?

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The problem of the e, b and g strings being out of tune past the 12th fret may be because of the intonation. You need to check it and adjust it appropriately.

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yeah a bolt on
would a guitar shop do it for me the truss rod that is.
also have you seen a ibanez rg 220 neck anywhere
because the guitar its self is discontinued

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where is the intonation

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yea they should, if they have a guitar fixer dude (luther?)
you could just get a modern wizard I II neck im sure it would fit

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cool man thanks for your help much appreciated
i will have a look on ebay for one just in case
but first i will do the truss rod
and lock the nuts tighter.

and thanks to yjm04 and overmind
about the intonation and strings

any other suggestions more than welcome

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http://www.fenderplayersclub.com/fr.../intonation.htm

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cheers i will try it all now

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You can just use your tuner to see if the intonation is correct. Just pick each string when fretted at the 12th fret and look at the tuner. the high e string should show e, the b string b etc.

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cheers dude

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ive tryed the thing with the intonation
and like it says tighten it to the nut if its flat or the opposite
but it only tightens so far so how do i tighten it more for the intonation
to be ferfect pitch at the 12th fret?

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i dont think youll ever really get "perfect pitch" to the exact but pretty close is alright in my book

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cool

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when you tighten the locking nut the guitar always goes outta tune
thats what the fine tunners are for, just adjust it on that
well it always happens on licences, i dunno about officials tho.

Yeah you need to fine tune it, you should get it set up by a profesional first though.

cheers dude
i thought it was just mine that was a piece of crap

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did u change string gauges? if so then u have to tigten ur springs