Adjusting intonation on a 1960s Gibson EB2

tonylesaxo

Hello there,
I've got an old Gibson EB2 bass. It's in great condition but I can't seem to get the intonation perfect on all the strings at the same time, even using the little hex screws.
At the moment I've got the bridge as far towards the neck as it will go. The E and G strings are in tune at the 13th fret but the A string is flat.....
Is there a trick to setting this?
Does the height of the strings/action effect this too?
Is there a way of modifying the bridge?

Any advice or opinions would be most welcome!

Ankhanu · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:21 am Post subject:

Without replacing the saddle assembly with individually adjustable saddles, all you can do is make it so that the strings are all as close as possible. You won't get all of them perfectly intoned.

Lefty Bass · Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 5:27 am Post subject:

Since Gibson used a few different bridge designs on the EB-2 tell us which bridge your's has.