Re: Need to improve my tone
Originally Posted by
pops1
I have found if the intonation is just a little off the G strings can get less resonant and the E strings can get brighter. A little humidity difference can move the top, changing action slightly and if action changes so does intonation. Tuning can also pull the bridge saddle forward over time and that will definitely change intonation.
This one hundred percent. It is true that higher quality instruments help get to higher quality of the sound, sometimes... The other times it comes down to how instruments are set up. It takes me almost a month or so with a new instrument to find it's own sweet spot for intonation, especially living here in the desert southwest. If it don't have proper humidification, then the sound quality is changed pretty dramatically.
In my opinion an Eastman MD315 is not a "low quality" instrument. If it is properly set up, it could really shine.
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