Why Sandy Paton, I'm surprised at you. Did you tell Cooney about the intonation? Actually when Michael was hanging about in Toronto one of the things I noticed about his playing was that he would go to the higher positions (where the intonation might still be out a bit) only when he was playing blues, and stuck to the lower for ballads. It's not that crucial in blues playing 'cause of the slides and bends. Actually I've NEVER played a National that was even close to being in tune at the twelfth fret. I've asked 50 people (including National employees why this was so, and No one could give me a satisfactory answer. My guess is that the same patterns and molds have been used for years and unless a LOT of people complained, they just weren't gonna change.

Spaw. This has happened twice now. It ain't my fault. My computer shuts down when I don't want it to.

Sandy: But what you DO with those three frets!

Rick