Hmmmm, Well I think a couple things come into play. I am very picky about intonation, probibly too much so. I also think my neck is not quite right as I look down it. I guess I'll have to try to adopt the best in-between tuning I can for now.

Justa Picker- Thanks for your comments; well written.

Bernard- Very interseting stuff. I always wondered what Well Tempered refered to.

Spaw- Thanks for the link. Abe Wechter is a fantasic luthier. Have you seen the guitar he built for John McLaughlin a few years back? Beautiful, with a set of drone strings across the soundhole and a scalloped fingerboard. He and a classical builder named Richard Schnider employed a bracing and bridge system developed by a a guy named Kasha. Very Intersting. Played wonderfully. I had the fortune to play one of the classicals. What a sweet sound. Thanks to all. Tom