Stub Mandrel Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Last night I was playingStand By Me (sorry!) on the fretless and it just felt wrong unless I played the major third distinctly flat (going by my finger position and my tuner). I've just checked and in just intonation a major third is about 14 cents flat compared to equal temperament, while the fourth is almost spot on. Does this mean that (a) I'm going to start listening to classical music (b) feel an overwhelming urge to start pulling frets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Frets can mess with your sense of tuning, especially on 6-string guitar, but also occasionally on bass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 3rds on the guitar always sound iffy to me and a lot of the time I’ll either leave the out or replace them with a 9th or a suspended 4th which sounds more interesting and in tune. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Intonation? What's that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted February 17, 2020 Author Share Posted February 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Bilbo said: Intonation? What's that? 🤪 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 I have been fighting this fcuker for nearly 4 decades. 😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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