by johndosthoff | Apr 4, 2026 | Design & Research
My approach to compensation has evolved over the years as I’ve focused on stability, predictability, and the ability to fine‑tune intonation for each individual player. Today, I compensate both the nut and the saddle, but the geometry I use is different from what many...
by johndosthoff | Apr 4, 2026 | Design & Research
This is a post I wrote back in 2007, I cleaned up some of the grammar but otherwise left the technical details alone as I still agree with what I wrote back then. Compensation is what allows a guitar to play in tune as you move up the fingerboard. When a string is...
