How to Adjust Intonation on a Bass | Guitar Setup

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So now you want to adjust the intonation on your bass guitar. What that means is whether or not the instrument plays in tune with itself. The way you do that is you pluck the low E, and then fret the low E, at the twelfth fret and it should be the same note. Here, it's really sharp. A good rule of thumb is... What you're doing is you're shortening or lengthening the scale, and one thing you can usually remember is if you shorten the scale, you sharpen the note. This is really sharp so you want to move the saddle back.

You move it back some and just repeat. You want to pluck your low E and tune the note, and then fret it at the twelfth fret. Still a little sharp, so you want to move back some more. Tune your note. Fret it at the twelfth fret. That's almost perfect, just move it back a little more. Now the low E is intonated. You want to do the rest of the strings too. A string, tune it up. Fret it at the twelfth fret. That one's in tune. Let's try the next one, D string. Tune it up.

[andrewgocken]

Thanks dude. I literally just did this to one of mine. Perfect intonation. Playing is one thing. This stuff has always intimidated me for some reason. Again Thank you

[JBizBeats]

I've been a guitarist for 10 years and bought my first bass. I was wondering what the hell was going on. This video explains it all. Thanks for saving my sanity! Lol 👍🏼

[LawrenceCavanaugg-ier]

Thank you my intonation was way out.My first time ever trying and it worked out beautiful 😊

[motomic]

1. You need open string. 2. 12 fret pluck. 3. 12 fret harmonic. To be accurate.

[JoelAdams-jx]

Good stuff
I just built a p bass and intonation is the last touch 🙏🙏
Thanks for this video

[TheIsaacAJohnson]

"Shorten the scale sharpen the note." Thanks! I will be able to remember that.

[Bassface]

When you are adjusting the saddle are you detuning the string first to take tension off the string and saddle then retuning to check the intonation?

[BingleMcPingle]

"shorten the scale to sharpen" - I never thought it could be this easy

[billthomasbass]

What do you do when you have to adjust the saddle pretty much all the way back on the saddle to get the intonation correct and the string (E) is sitting too high off the neck and the saddle adjustment is lowered all the way? Basically I cannot lower the E string any lower to adjust the action.

[strongb]

0:51 oh whats that you need to see what he is twisting? [commence Saving Private Ryan shaky cam]

[JanusJaau]

Hey! So on my old Fender Musicmaster the strings share a saddle in pairs, so that E and A is adjusted together, and the same with D and G. My D and G string seem to be fine, but when my A string is good, my E string is bad and vice versa. Is there any way to deal with this? Will it make a difference with other strings? I considered stuffing something between the saddle and the string to make it even, but that seems like an unsustainable solution...
Cheers!

[adamantiuscloudcat]

I changed strings and now My A string appears A but then tend to be B on the twelve fret.
What to do? 😮

[darrelholst]

very good video technicians everywhere hate ya lol

[mccartney]

12th and 17th fret should both be checked

[maliqazka]

My g string won't intonate...any solution?

[schniT_T]

For some reason when I tighten the screw it gets higher. Why might that be?

[skulldar]

The bridge screws are kind of loose, what do i do then?

[spikeybug]

When I move the saddle back, the open note goes down as well. How do I get the 12th note to go down and the open note to stay the same?

[makoseda]

Why are you playing drum and bass as bg music. I can’t hear what you are doing.

[audriannaaragon]

Oops I accendentaly played this vid in the ymca