I have noticed a slight intonation issue with my mandolin. May be a set-up thing but I thought perhaps you folks would have some ideas. With the mandolin in tune, the G string at the 7th fret is slightly sharp, compared to the unison open D string. When I fret the D string at the 5th fret, the octive tone seems to be right on the money with the open G string. All other string-to-string comparisons with both the 7th fret/unison pair, and the 5th fret/octive pair seem spot on. Comparing 12th fret notes to harmonics, it seems the bridge placement is good.
Any ideas what the problem may be? I'm wondering if the string slots on my bridge could be wearing or something.
Rich
Bookmarks