dear sir, I have some difficulty in setting the right height of my Les Paul guitar because it vibrates with the fret when it's too low and it is difficult to play if it is set too high. What can I do?
Stephen

That's something fairly normal with many guitars that are not properly set up at the factory. It really needs to be carefull set up and adjusted and like the frets need to be dressed down until in true alignment. You will have have that done by someone who knows and has such experience. The people at your nearest music store should be able to tell you where to take it to have this done or they may even have a man there at the store who is qualified.

I would not suggest trying this yourself unless you have experience before on a much cheaper guitar. It is neccessary the geometryis right for the guitar to play properly. Also it is not something that would be very expensive to have done normally unless something really bad happened to the guitar. Hope this will help you.
Rick Andrews
Andrews Guitar

Hi Rick,
I have a Schecter electric guitar and the high E string starts going flat when I play on the 5th fret and higher. This does not happen on any of the other 5 strings. Any thoughts on what I can do to correct this problem?
Thank You,
Peter Keenan

Hello Peter,
I think this is a simple matter of setting the intonation. You move the bridge saddle of the string toward the guitar which shortens the string length when it plays flat. When a string plays sharp you make the string length longer by moving ther bridge saddle toward the outter direction of the guitar.

If you have an electronic tuner you set each string in tune using the tuner on the open note of each string. TYhen when you get a true reading on that note for instance the high E string, then fret the sdame string again at the 12th fret and it should give you the one octive higher E. At the 12th fret it should read Dead on E. If it reads flat or sharp at the 12th fret then you need to adjust the bridge saddles as mentioned above.

When it reads dead on the note at the open note and also dead on at the 12th fret then the intonation should be perfect in all other notes played. Do this same thing on all 6 strings and your intonation should be correct.
Rick Andrews
Andrews Guitar

Hey Rick,
I recently picked up a new 68 Les Paul custom Historic. I had it professional set-up done but I’m still not happy with it. It doesn’t have the sustain my old 72 Custom had as well as nice action. I could bend the hell out of my 9’s on the 72 and it would hold a not all day long …..and never go out of tune! I am constantly retuning the 68 reissue! Any suggestions?