Intonation help...

[GregJr]

I was wondering if there is a special way to intonate the G and B strings (a bit flat or sharp) for them not to "wave" when fretting a C chord? I always seem to need to fine tune those strings to have a perfect chord on the first 5 frets.

[idsnowdog]

Check the intonation of the fretted notes at the first fret. Gradually deepen the slot depth until the notes are in tune.

[GregJr]

What about when using a Folyd?

[gibson175]

dont press so hard with your left hand.

[karpathion]

dont press so hard with your left hand.

Sounds about right.

[Mr 9finger]

If I'm not mistaken, a lot of the Peterson tuners have a "sweetened" tuning that helps compensate for this.

[indie folk guy]

out of curiosity how do you currently intonate and setup your instrument?

because the way I set and intonate mine every single string at every fret is perfectly in tune (assuming the guitar is in proper tuning obviously during playing there might be some minor tuning issues if strings haven't broken in)

[CTN]

get a wound G string.

on a 25.5" scale that fixes it like a charm.

Bit more work if you like doing crazy bends, but for chording, the wound G is fantastic.

[idsnowdog]

What about when using a Folyd?

You never said you were using a floyd. However if notes are sharp at the first fret you could remove the nut and sand the slot level which would lower the nut slightly.

[GuitarDoc]

Compensated nut.