Riaan
Hey guys
It's noticable on all my guitars, but worse on the Godin. Bad intonation on the bass E-string. New strings fitted a week ago. Intonation is more or less right with open E and on the 12th fret, but when I play a G-note on the third fret, it's noticably sharp. It seems to be a result of perhaps too much pressure on the string, resulting in a "bend" that stretches the string, but it's also there with very light pressure. It's driving me nuts.
I've learned to compensate by tuning the bass E slightly flat, that way it sounds somewhat better. Will a Earvana or other compensated nut help? Anything else in the setup that can cause this?
fjcdt
hey man had the same thing on a strat copy awhile back. Turns out the neck was bent, lost a semitone on the 5th fret, A flat on 4th fret, A sharp on 5th. Maybe check the neck for back bow.
Gearhead
If the intonation is out even on the 1st, your nut is out. Most likely too tall, since you say stuff winds up sharp. A good tech should easily be able to sort it out with a proper tuner and the right nut files.
AlanRatcliffe
I only played your Godin briefly, but as I remember it, the action (both ends) was about as low as it can go without buzzing.
Is this a new development? If so, I'd be more likely to suspect a bad batch of strings than anything else.
If it's a consistent problem it could be that your nut has chipped away where the string leaves at the front of the nut or that the groove is not cut at the correct angle so the string is leaving the nut further back in the slot.
Earvana and other intonation systems don't do anything to either E string as the intonation on them is pretty good already - usually it's mostly the G and B strings that are problematic.
