Members Tucker D Posted January 7, 2007 Members Share Posted January 7, 2007 Folks: - Need a little set-up advice please...A few weeks ago, I changed the strings on my 06 SG Standard from 9's to 10's for the first time. -Followed all the conventional wisdom and best practices from restringing lore. Needless to say, the neck reacted as I expected, and bowed a ltlle bit - not a big deal - easy adjustment with the truss rod. Again, following all the advice I've picked up here on truss rod adjustments, I made sure that I only turned the rod about an 1/8-1/4 of a turn per day and then let the neck adjust overnight ( it took about 3 days) until I was able to get the neck straight and the action "right" ( the way it was before). Everything looks and feels great on the neck now, but it sounds like {censored}. Specifically, when I fret a note, any note - (particulary in the open position down near the nut), it sounds like I'm bending the note almost a 1/2 step just by depressing my finger. I'm using an in-line tuner and the open strings are perfectly in tune, but as as soon as I fret any string (more so on the treble side) they're all sharp. By no means am I an old pro at setting up a guitar, but I'm trying to figure out where I went wrong. I don't believe I've over adjusted the truss rod because I have zero fret buzz. Have I screwed up the intonation somehow? Is it the strings or the neck? I could take it in to get it corrected but I really should know how to do this myself. Maybe I should just go with another fresh set of tens? Your help and advice is appreciated. - Thanks P.S. Never had any problem with this guitar previously whatsoever. Actually, it's a great freakin' specimen of an SG!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -todgemistro- Posted January 7, 2007 Members Share Posted January 7, 2007 I have that problem with my strat copy. I think its the intonation but as the current bridge sucks I cant seem to adjust it properly - cant find an allen key small enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members paul6string Posted January 7, 2007 Members Share Posted January 7, 2007 You probably have to lengthen the distance between the nut and bridge(intonation) Do the strings seat all the way into the nut slots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cletus Spuckle Posted January 7, 2007 Members Share Posted January 7, 2007 I'd agree with the above. The SG's is probably intoned for 9's. It can be a simple adjustment. By the way, I lost the little tiny allen wrench for my bridge. I had to go to the hardware store and buy a whole set of metric allens only to use the 1.5 mm bridge wrench. Then I found my original wrench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GarysBlues Posted January 7, 2007 Members Share Posted January 7, 2007 Check it on a tuner? It has to be that? What else could it be? Should sound better with the Tens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ponec Posted January 7, 2007 Members Share Posted January 7, 2007 That sounds like way, way too much change on the truss rod for just going from .9s to .10s. Have you actually measured the relief in the neck? Did you also incidently (maybe without noticing) change the bridge height as well? What kind of strings did you put on? I believe that Gibson puts their BriteWires on the Standard SGs and changing to a different alloy combination can have an affect on the guitar's tone. Oh, and have you tried to re-intonate it with the new strings? -Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cosmik de Bris Posted January 7, 2007 Members Share Posted January 7, 2007 Are the strings seated properly in the nut? Fretting neaR the nut will make notes go sharp especially if the action is high or the strings are high in the nut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Introspectre Posted January 7, 2007 Members Share Posted January 7, 2007 Sounds like intonation to me. Coincidentally I have to get my SG set up for 10's one of these days myself! It'll be going to a tech, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rapmaster Posted January 7, 2007 Members Share Posted January 7, 2007 Intonation. You altered the neck and the string gauge, your intonation has to have changed a tad. Is the action excessively high as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Bear Posted January 7, 2007 Members Share Posted January 7, 2007 Gibsons come with .10s from the factory. Are you sure you had .09s on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rapmaster Posted January 7, 2007 Members Share Posted January 7, 2007 They sometimes send them off with .009s or .010s depending on the model and the year. The new standards come with .010s but I'm fairly certain it used to be .009s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Bear Posted January 7, 2007 Members Share Posted January 7, 2007 Originally posted by Rapmaster They sometimes send them off with .009s or .010s depending on the model and the year. The new standards come with .010s but I'm fairly certain it used to be .009s. OK, just a thought.I've never had any problems going from .09s to .10s.I do agree with you about the problem being the intonation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sunset_gun Posted January 7, 2007 Members Share Posted January 7, 2007 Your intonation is off. You should at least check it every time you make adjustments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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