Buzz Feiten and the 'Feiten Tuning System'
 The Problem -- Everyone has Experienced it!
You play one chord shape, like A, and it plays in tune, but when you play another chord shape, like D, it's not quite in tune; close interval chords often sound wildly out-of-tune; and no matter how carefully you tune your guitar, some chords still sound only slightly better than fingernails on a chalkboard.
The Reason ... Centuries of Complacency.
For centuries guitars have been designed and built using unchanging formulas for nut placement and intonation, and for centuries intonation problems have been accepted as an inevitable deficiency of the instrument.
But incorrect nut placement and improper intonation methods directly influence intonation. The historical method of intonating each string to itself results in "equal temperament" -- an intonation formula abandoned by piano tuners in the 1600's.
Equal temperament may be mathematically "perfect", but it is not pleasing to the ear. Guitar builders have tried various methods to improve the guitar's intonation, but none of these methods has produced truly gorgeous, spectacular intonation ... until now.
The Buzz Feiten Tuning System (also called the 'Feiten Intonation System')
An integrated tuning system that is an entirely new approach to achieving pleasing intonation for guitars - anywhere on the neck, regardless of chord shape!
In fact, the Buzz Feiten Tuning System (TM) permits every stringed and fretted instrument to play in every key with equally pleasing intonation. Combining correct nut placement with a new, easy-to-use intonation model, the Buzz Feiten Tuning System allows the guitar to sound better than ever before.
FEITEN TUNING SYSTEM ENDORSER QUOTES / PRESS EXCERPTS
(The following may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the Buzz Feiten Design Company L.L.C)
"I've been playing the guitar since I was six years old, and it's finally in tune. Congratulations."
- Larry Carlton
"What's the buzz about? Perfect intonation. With the Buzz Feiten Tuning System, every note, every chord will be in tune across the entire fretboard. A fundamental requirement but something guitarists have never had until now."
- Adrian Belew
"For as long as I can remember, the guitars that my fellow classical guitarists and I have played always sounded slightly out-of-tune and I just assumed that tuning our instruments was always a matter of compromise - that they would never sound perfectly in tune in the upper frets if the open strings were in pitch. Having recently discovered Buzz Feiten's amazing system, I realize that what I had always believed is untrue. A guitar can be in tune in any fret! I would highly recommend his revolutionary approach to guitar tuning for any performer or builder, no matter what style. It will change your life.
- Liona Boyd
"Amazing, it really works! from the 1st fret on my low E to the 24th fret on my high G, the bass is finally in tune. Having the 1st four frets in tune (not sharp) has made my life in the studio much easier. I'm sold!"
- Stu Hamm
"With an amazingly simple adjustment my instruments are now all in tune! The Buzz Feiten Tuning System works. It has changed my professional life. Now, I can just concentrate on the music at hand with a new found level of confidence! A definite improvement to my overall performance."
- Jimmy Haslip
"After the constant struggle with intonation - some chords being in tune while others aren't - I can finally hear all my chords and voicings ring true in perfect harmony. The Buzz Feiten Tuning System is a giant step in the advancement of the guitar."
- Lyle Workman
"It increased my efficiency in the studio by 30 percent, because I don't spend all that time messing with my tuning."
- Gary Burnette
"Long overdue and overlooked, this system has finally made the guitar in tune from top to bottom. Radical bends and steel licks above the 12th fret have never sounded sweeter. I no longer have to fight pitch!"
- Pete Anderson
"Listening to the Anderson 25.5"-scale and 24.75"-scale guitars they brought quickly convinced us of the Buzz Feiten System's abilities. We know Anderson builds great-sounding guitars, but these were unreal. Gone were the sharp low-register notes. Close-interval chords sounded much more in tune than they did on any of our guitars, and the bloom of sustained chords was beyond anything we've heard."
Bench Tests: "The Buzz Feiten Tuning System"
Guitar Player Oct. 1996
"Many have attempted ingenious systems to repair the fretting errors, but none have been entirely successful until now ... a solution is at hand. With it a radical shifting of paradigms for designing and building fretted musical instruments. The Buzz Feiten Tuning System has arrived.
Luthiers Mercantile 1997 Catalog
"It's a pretty incredible system that really works. I'm not a tuning nut and I never really have been, but his system is so good that when you really want to get in tune, it makes it possible, whereas before - forget about it. You can never really be in [tune] with regular guitar tuning. It's in tune all over the neck now, which is something that most guitars aren't."
Scott Henderson
"You Can Tune a Strat, But Can You Tuna Fish?"
Guitar Shop Dec.1996
Want More Info? Contact --
Greg Back at Buzz Feiten Design
(310) 459-3928
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