Guitar Tech People: Intonation, fret buzz and general string set up

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I've recently sorted the intonation on my electric guitar. I've also set the bridge to a height where the strings don't buzz on other frets while playing them. Because the bridge is so high it's thrown everything off at the top of the neck when I play cregular chords, like E major, because the strings are being so hevily bent in order to reach the fretboard. Obviously, I can't play out of tune but do I have to resign myself to some fret buzz or is there something else I can do?

― hmmm (hmmm), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 17:40 (eighteen years ago)

Public service announcement: how to set up your own guitar/bass and not pay for others to do it...

― John Justen, the tap-dancing spirochete in your zesty chicken fingers. (johnjust, Wednesday, 18 October 2006 18:55 (eighteen years ago)

Thank you. Very Much.

― hmmm (hmmm), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 23:57 (eighteen years ago)

Let me know how it goes.

― John Justen says babies always look like that after you insert the stuffing (joh, Thursday, 19 October 2006 15:21 (eighteen years ago)

John, one thing I couldn't get my head around when I contemplated setting my bass up, when you say "Now, set your B (D on a bass, then) string saddle so that the distance between the contact point of the first saddle and this saddle is the width of the second string", is that towards or away from the actual bridge end?
I suppose when all the strings are done, the saddles will sort of form a diagonal line but is it like this \ or like this / (looking at the bridge with the G string at the top and E at the bottom).

Thanks a lot for the guide.

― jona (jona), Thursday, 19 October 2006 15:32 (eighteen years ago)

Like this "\" (on a bass. On a guitar it will be more like two of those next to each other, because of the combination of wound and unwound strings.) In other words, the highest pitch string (thinnest) will be the closest to the headstock and the lowest pitch string (thickest) will be the furthest away.

― John Justen asks why your baby cries when I preheat the oven. (johnjusten), Thursday, 19 October 2006 17:35 (eighteen years ago)

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