OK, I've had my JP6 for a few days. Enough time to get acquainted with it
I just started looking into what goes into a comp nut and exactly what it does, aside from helping even out the tempering that is necessary to get an instrument to work in any key.
I understand why it's done. I just don't understand exactly the effect it has up and down the board.
Here's what i mean: I was noticing that an E chord (open) sounded out of tune. I checked the tuning of the 2 strings involved the A and E (OK it wasn't a full E chord- lol)
Tuning was right on, as well as intonation. But the B note on the A (2nd fret) was flat. I checked each note on up the board on this string and they were all flat, although each was less flat as I went, until I got to the 12th which was dead on pitch.
So, is this expected with a compensated nut, or is my intonation off a tad, that my digital tuner won't pick up? I expect it's the former.
Fingered chord's notes sound amazingly in tune with each other when they don't involve open strings.
Is this just the nature of the beast?
I just started looking into what goes into a comp nut and exactly what it does, aside from helping even out the tempering that is necessary to get an instrument to work in any key.
I understand why it's done. I just don't understand exactly the effect it has up and down the board.
Here's what i mean: I was noticing that an E chord (open) sounded out of tune. I checked the tuning of the 2 strings involved the A and E (OK it wasn't a full E chord- lol)
Tuning was right on, as well as intonation. But the B note on the A (2nd fret) was flat. I checked each note on up the board on this string and they were all flat, although each was less flat as I went, until I got to the 12th which was dead on pitch.
So, is this expected with a compensated nut, or is my intonation off a tad, that my digital tuner won't pick up? I expect it's the former.
Fingered chord's notes sound amazingly in tune with each other when they don't involve open strings.
Is this just the nature of the beast?
