HELP please tricky Fender bridge intonation.

[karlfer]

Help please, anybody know how to get the intonation done with one of these bridges? Thanks in eager anticipation,
Karl.
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[BOD2]

Well it looks pretty much the same as an acoustic 6-string bridge.

[url="http://www.lutherie.net/saddle_angle.html"]http://www.lutherie.net/saddle_angle.html[/url]

What, if any, adjustments are available depend on the actual bridge construction. Is the white saddle piece fitted into a pre-cut groove, or can it be moved, held in position by string tension ? Does any part of the bridge move ?

[karlfer]

Thanks for the reply BOD2. None of the bridge moves unfortunately.
Having looked at you link (many thanks) my brain is fried, think I'll give the bass a miss
Cheers,
Karl.

[3below]

You may never get 'perfect' intonation. You should get reasonable with the string gauges the bass is specified with. If you have a string that is way out I would suspect a faulty string. I have spent ages trying to sort bad intonation until I found it was a duff string. Rare but it does happen.

Is this bass available, I have could add to my collection then again other half will divorce.

[karlfer]

It's not this bass. There was a black one for sale on FEEBay, only 30 mile from me.

[bertbass]

Rather like that actually. Wonder if they do it left handed?

[karlfer]

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Rather like that actually. Wonder if they do it left handed?
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Fender HMT, Fender Japan from about 1990 to 1993. There were 2 versions, the one I'm considering has a kinda Washburn hockey stick headstock.
Rare in right hand, don't even know if they did a leftie.

[fingerz]

If it can't be made to play in tune, surely it's not fit for purpose??

[icastle]

The intonation would be factory set with a particular gauge of string and action - any variation from those parameters and things get difficult.

It is possible to make a compensated bridge, but it takes a lot of fiddling and you wouldn't want to do it more than once.

[Thunderbird]

Not that I know much about this but could the bridge have worn down and also if it is like an acoustic bridge I am led to believe that you can only get the intonation as near as?

[karlfer]

Thanks chaps, think I'll pass.

[karlfer]

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If it can't be made to play in tune, surely it's not fit for purpose??
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You've not heard me play then