Why won't my new guitar play in tune?
Just recently, I finished building a guitar from a kit I had bought. It seemd pretty straight forward, and everything turned out fine, just with one issue. When I play an open string, the tuning is correct, but one I play any fretted notes between the first and 8th frets, all of the notes are too high a pitch.
I at first thought that this was an intonation issue, but I realized that when I play the 12 fret on any string, it goes back to being in pitch.
It's sorta like the opposite of what you would expect to see, the lower frets are too high a pitch, but the higher frets (and open strings) are fine.
Is there any way I can fix this without taking it to the shop?
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Not sure how you measured your action, but, according to your comment, a quarter inch is a lot. So I guess your action is much too high, which means that when you press down the string on the first several frets you actually stretch the string and raise its pitch.
I can think of two causes for this: the neck could be too concave, which can be fixed by adjusting the truss rod (turn it clockwise). The other problem could be that the nut is too high. Either it is positioned wrongly or the slots are cut too high. Check this setup guide for more information on string action and on how to adjust the truss rod.
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