Firstly, as anyone who does their own intonation
adjustments knows, it’s quite impossible to get even
the finest guitar perfectly in tune for all positions and
keys up and down the neck. The whole operation is one
big, often frustrating, compromise. If cowboy chords
sound tuneful and harmonious, there will be some
spot higher up on the neck where things sound a little
wonky, and vice versa. Every adjustment that achieves
tuning perfection in one area inevitably throws some
other area just slightly, noticeably out of whack. Thus,
tuning and intonation adjustments are much more
black art than science, and over time most players that
handle this sort of thing for themselves learn to tweak
the tuning of their instruments to suit their playing style
and preferences. We all make do.
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