Remember to measure from the top of the 12th fret to the bottom of the E strings. How you adjust your string heights will depend on the type of bridge fitted to your guitar.

Holding your guitar standing up Essentially, the same rules apply for playing standing up but it's more critical to position your guitar correctly.

Remember, a few poorly intonated sustained bends in a solo can make the guitar's most emotive technique sound bad. It's worth bearing in mind that your bending ability is linked to your choice of ...

When your instrument isn't intonated properly it may sound fine when you're using it with a guitar tuner playing open strings, but not when you start fretting notes.