New guitar intonation, is it impossible to achieve perfect intonation?
I have a new cordoba c3m i have problems with g string intonaton mostly, it doesnt match up the 12th fret, always a frequency difference here is results:
e open 329.5 e 12th 659.1
b open 246.8 b 12 th 493.4 (starts with 493.4 then descends little)
g open 195.8 g 12th 393.8
d open 146.9 d 12th 293.8 (starts a little sharper then descends)
a open 109.9 a 12th 220.0 (slight changes everytime)
e open 82.5 e 12th 165.0 (this is perfect)
and almost always when i pick a note or open string its a different freq everytime maybe 0.1 difference but its there
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With traditional frets and a traditional nut, yes it is impossible for every fret and every string to be reasonably perfectly intonated to equal temperament.
With a compensated nut and movable frets (like these: www.tolgahancogulu.com/en/microtonal-guitar/), it should be possible to get arbitrarily close to perfect equal temperament.
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