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I was looking at some of the new PRS guitars and noticed that the ones with the stop tail piece also did not have a bridge. The tail piece was the bridge. It just wraps around the tail piece. How do you intonate these things? [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]
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PRS Intonation
I was looking at some of the new PRS guitars and noticed that the ones with the stop tail piece also did not have a bridge. The tail piece was the bridge. It just wraps around the tail piece. How do you intonate these things? [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img] -
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they are setup for 9's at the factory.
if you need to switch gauge or adjust intonation, you'll probably have to buy a tone-pros tail piece w/ the adjustable saddles. it is a direct replacement for the prs piece.
i personally think for a guitar of that price, the tone pros should come standard.Comment
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they are setup for 9's at the factory.
if you need to switch gauge or adjust intonation, you'll probably have to buy a tone-pros tail piece w/ the adjustable saddles. it is a direct replacement for the prs piece.
i personally think for a guitar of that price, the tone pros should come standard.Comment
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they say that their methods for building are so exact, that it shouldnt never need to be adjusted.
DaveComment
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they say that their methods for building are so exact, that it shouldnt never need to be adjusted.
DaveComment
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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">[img]graemlins/bs.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/bs.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/bs.gif[/img]Originally posted by terrax:
they say that their methods for building are so exact, that it shouldnt never need to be adjusted.
Dave
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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">[img]graemlins/bs.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/bs.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/bs.gif[/img]Originally posted by terrax:
they say that their methods for building are so exact, that it shouldnt never need to be adjusted.
Dave
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That bridge system sucks and the business of high tolerances is crap - I emailed PRS on one occasion because I was fed up with that bridge and not being able to intonate properly and they gave me that line. [img]graemlins/bs.gif[/img]
The PRS Tremonti Sig. model has an adjustable bridge that allows you to set your own intonation.
I agree that, for the money, PRS guitars should come with a Tone Pros bridge.Tarbaby Fraser.Comment
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That bridge system sucks and the business of high tolerances is crap - I emailed PRS on one occasion because I was fed up with that bridge and not being able to intonate properly and they gave me that line. [img]graemlins/bs.gif[/img]
The PRS Tremonti Sig. model has an adjustable bridge that allows you to set your own intonation.
I agree that, for the money, PRS guitars should come with a Tone Pros bridge.Tarbaby Fraser.Comment
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Korean-made Schecters come with TonePros. I'd rather have one of those than a PRS, but that's just me.Comment
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Korean-made Schecters come with TonePros. I'd rather have one of those than a PRS, but that's just me.Comment
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Until recently I owned a PRS singlecut, and those bridges are total crap. The high tolerance argument is complete BS. If the guitar was made entirely of a synthetic material that didn't respond to changes in temperature or humidity, then that would be true. However, since the guitar is made out of wood, its a bogus argument.
PRS guitars would be fine if the street price was in the $1000.00 range.Comment
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Until recently I owned a PRS singlecut, and those bridges are total crap. The high tolerance argument is complete BS. If the guitar was made entirely of a synthetic material that didn't respond to changes in temperature or humidity, then that would be true. However, since the guitar is made out of wood, its a bogus argument.
PRS guitars would be fine if the street price was in the $1000.00 range.Comment
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They can be intonated. There are screws on either side of the bridge that move the entire bridge back or forward. It is compensated, which allows it intonate perfectly for pretty much all string gauges. It's not as if they can't be adjusted. It takes some time but it can be done. I have a Singlecut, and it's intonated perfectly with 10-52 strings. It is adjustable, just not by individual strings. It can get frustrating, but after enough trial and error, it eventually intonates just as perfectly as the adjustable stoptail.Comment
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