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Intonation out at 3rd fret?


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I have a friend who has an Ibanez SR300. He claims his E string is in tune, the intonation is correct at the 12th fret but when he frets a G at the third fret, it's out of tune. What could be causing this?

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I am no expert but I was watching a video on youtube about this and the guy said it could be the bridge is wrongly adjusted or the strings are old and have a stretch in a certain place let me see if I can get the link to the video as I did not get it all but you might :)

This is one of the vids [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEiaq0znGL8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEiaq0znGL8[/url] the guy has a few others on there that could be relevant? hope this helps :)

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[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1378576084' post='2202066']
If the nut is cut wrong, and the string is "fretting" at the back end rather than the front, the lower frets will appear sharp if the intonation is set correctly at the 12th.
More likely the nut is too high though, as Mr Foxen suggested.
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My first thought - but no mention of problems at the first and second fret? ...

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