Guitar tone

I've been having this problem with my Jackson. All the strings are tuned up, locked up and the open chords sound great. Scales below the 12 fret are good but once i go above the 12 fret i run into some tone problems. i.e. on the B and E string holding the 5 and 7 fret respectivly, its right on. But when i go to the 16 and 18 fret same strings, they sound way off pitch. :confused:
E----7----
B----5---- sounds good


E----18--
B----16-- pitch is way off

What can i do to fix this and prevent this?

Originally Posted by: philliplachI've been having this problem with my Jackson. All the strings are tuned up, locked up and the open chords sound great. Scales below the 12 fret are good but once i go above the 12 fret i run into some tone problems. i.e. on the B and E string holding the 5 and 7 fret respectivly, its right on. But when i go to the 16 and 18 fret same strings, they sound way off pitch. :confused:
E----7----
B----5---- sounds good


E----18--
B----16-- pitch is way off

What can i do to fix this and prevent this?

Take your guitar in to a tech and tell them that you need your intonation set.

I would explain how to set it to you but it takes a little while... Use the search function here on the site and search "intonation" you should come up with a bunch of info... But take it to a guitar tech and get a setup and you'll be fine.

We call it Strobe the guitar in the Bluegrass:D
I bet it has a floyd rose good luck with that one.

Yes - String length adjustment - Intonation.
Once it's set up your guitar will................SING

Intonation is fairly easy to do your self, so I would just do it yourself. Google guitar set up and you'll find instructions. If you want your whole guitar setup, I reccomend taking it to a tech.