Intonators

Abstract

A system and method for guitar string lengthening and shortening by hand, wherein the screws originally attached to the tailpiece string retainer bridge and connected to a movable string saddle with a guitar string are each replaced by a substitute screw with an enlarged head or knob having a knurled surface and a smooth mating surface between the head or knob and the existing bridge that allows easy, accurate, and convenient hand adjustments to the intonation on the bridge of an electric guitar. It is preferred for the replacement screws having heads or knobs with a knurled surface to be made from stainless steel to avoid corrosion. Optionally, the replacement screws may have a tool slot and a chamfered top edge. Also, for a guitar with six strings, three of the replacement screws would typically have a threaded stem approximately three-fourths of an inch in length, with the other three of the replacement screws typically having a threaded stem of approximately five-eights of an inch in length.

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