Two identical guitars forged in the Heavens, Setup by the Angels, and yet the intonation is slightly different. Sounds like the DEVIL!!

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I was just going to say what 3-7 said - wood is (was) a living thing. 2 bits, even from the same tree, will always be different. If you complicate matters by the fact that most Fenders are not made of a single piece of wood, and that the neck's another piece (2 pieces if rosewood f/b), it would really be surprising if the saddle positions for proper intonation were the same!

Ok, ok....I've got a riddle.............What can go up the chimney down, but can't go down the chimney up?

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Oh...thats a tough one. Or maybe I'm kinda slow like everyone always says

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Easy.

Whilst I agree that the nut plays a difference, the trem block doesn't. It's not a part of the strings talk length. All the problems lie between the saddle and the nut. Except for depth of finish around the neck pocket. I think it's due to nut placement problems being exacerbated by fret position. The problem accumulates as you progress up the neck. The fact that you only intonate between a open string and one point on the neck would in no way alleviate this, as you only have one reference point away from zero. If you were using a 24fret guitar and intoning at two other points referenced to the open string, you'd see different results at the bridge. Fret placement isn't perfect remember it's a tempered modular instrument. Which means you can't intonate say your B string by tuning it and the G string then refrencing it to every B and G you can find on that string. Because despite being in the ballpark the notes aren't the same.

Now please Nevin, think up a difficult one next time.

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[Calling] Yo, Nevin! You stuck at work on New Year's Day? Just thought I'd brighten your day by pointing out that it seems you can use an animated gif as an avatar after all. I just noticed that Forum user firesupra007 has this as his avatar:



I know this news is going to raise your spirits in a way that all those sexy nurses in their skimpy uniforms never could...

Use this knowledge wisely for the good of mankind.

Cheers - C

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Exactly--two pieces of wood that were originally beside each other in the same tree can react differently and have different characteristics as to how the adapt to being made into a guitar.
They should be similar, but there's no guarantee of that.

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