# Quick Start Guide

**Here are the EXTREMELY Quick Start Instructions in 5 Easy steps.** We suggest reviewing the [EverTune User Manual PDF](/content/manuals/pdf/Evertune__UserManual04.pdf) and the [Quick Start Set Up Instructions PDF](/content/resources/instructions_drawings_and_CAD/PDF/EVERTUNE__Quick_Start_Instructions__2017e01.pdf) before diving into these steps for the first time. _Should be done for EACH string._

Contents

- 302.1 [Activate Each EverTune Saddle](/content/resources/quick_start_guide.php#activate_each_evertune_saddle/index.html)
- 302.2 [Tune The String](/content/resources/quick_start_guide.php#tune_the_string/index.html)
- 302.3 [Set The Bend Sensitivity](/content/resources/quick_start_guide.php#set_the_bend_sensitivity/index.html)
- 302.4 [Adjust String Length (Intonation)](/content/resources/quick_start_guide.php#intonation_adjustment/index.html)
- 302.5 [Adjust String Height (Action)](/content/resources/quick_start_guide.php#action_adjustment/index.html)

## STEP 1: Activate Each EverTune Saddle (required)

### Get each saddle into _Zone 2_ using the tuning pegs.

_Before even looking at a tuner_, get used to finding _Zone 2_. This is EverTune's Active Zone.

### Using Your Ears:

Loosen the tuning peg at the headstock until the string is slack

Then tighten the tuning peg WHILE plucking the note

Keep tightening the tuning peg and plucking the note _until the pitch of the note stays constant_

Then tighten the tuning peg 2 more half turns. **Congratulations! You are now in _Zone 2_.**

#### Video Demonstration

To see how this takes just seconds per string, check out the video clip to the right.below.

Zone 2 - YouTube

[Zone 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX__gzSsSfc) [EverTune](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYIT-fZp4h3CHuJnlZ_A5VQ)

## STEP 2: Tune The String (required)

### Tuning strings _at the bridge with the hex key_.

_Here we stop using the guitar's pegs_.

#### Locating the tuning screws

To tune the string, insert the EverTune hex key into the tuning hole RIGHT behind the saddle, shown in the green highlights to the rightbelow.

The hole is VERY close to where the string comes out the saddle and it’s almost invisible. _The hex key should enter at an angle._

### To Increase or Decrease Pitch

#### Ready? Now plug in a tuner, pluck the note and check the tune.

Turn the hex key clockwise to increase the pitch.

To decrease the pitch, turn the hex key counter-clockwise.

Remove the hex key and check the tune again. Repeat until the string is in tune.

#### CAUTION: If the hex key becomes hard to turn _STOP TURNING IT_, the tuners may have reached the end of their range. If this happens, please contact us at [info@evertune.com](mailto:info@evertune.com). We will respond promptly.

## STEP 3: Set The Bend Sensitivity (required)

### Setting the bend sensitivity, also called " _playing position_", must be done after every adjustment. This is because _every adjustment moves the saddle to a different point in Zone 2_ and _it can even move it out of Zone 2_.

_Here the guitar's pegs are used to set your bending and vibrato preferences_.

#### _Bend sensitivity_ is probably _the most important thing after being in tune_. Each saddle on an EverTune bridge can be set for fast bending of notes and for no bending of notes and everywhere in between.

#### (A) _Fastest bends and vibratos_:

Pluck the string and tighten the tuning peg until the note goes sharp and then loosen the tuning peg until the note is EXACTLY back in tune. Leaving it here will produce fastest changes in pitch, while being prone to going sharp if you over-fret.

#### (B) _Fast bends_ and _maximum intonation_:

Same as above, _then loosen the tuning peg **another 1/8 turn**_.

#### (C) _To turn bending off and always maintain perfect tune_:

Same as above, _then loosen the tuning peg **2 more half turns**_.

#### Video Demonstration

To see how this takes just seconds per string, check out the video clip to the right.below.

[Setting Saddle into Bend Position](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-asJ1_1tA0) [EverTune](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYIT-fZp4h3CHuJnlZ_A5VQ)

## STEP 4: Adjust String Length (optional)

### Intonation

Make sure the string is in tune and setup to bend _(steps 1-3)_. Usually only has to be set once unless the player changes string gauges and tunings.

#### Locating the intonation screws

The intonation screws are the ones on the very rear of the bridge, shown in the green highlights to the right.below.

#### Ready? Now plug in a tuner, pluck the note and check the tune.

#### If the 12th fret note is _sharp_:

Loosen the tuning peg at the head stock a half turn, tighten the intonation screw 3 half turns, then [reset the desired bend sensitivity (step 3)](/content/resources/quick_start_guide.php#set_the_bend_sensitivity/index.html).

Now recheck the open note and 12th fret note and repeat until the open note and 12th fret note are both in tune.

#### If the 12th fret note is _flat_:

Loosen the intonation screw 3 half turns then [reset the desired bend sensitivity (step 3)](/content/resources/quick_start_guide.php#set_the_bend_sensitivity/index.html).

Now recheck the open note and 12th fret note and repeat until both notes are in tune.

## STEP 5: Adjust String Height (optional)

### Action

Make sure the string is in tune and setup to bend _(steps 1-3)_. Usually only has to be set once unless the player changes string gauges and tunings.

#### Locating the action screws

Insert the EverTune hex key into the hex screw hole on the very top of the bridge, shown in the green highlights to the rightbelow.

#### Setting the Action

To _raise_ the string height, turn the hex key _counter-clockwise_.

To _lower_ the string height, turn the hex key _clockwise_.

Now [reset the desired bend sensitivity (step 3)](/content/resources/quick_start_guide.php#set_the_bend_sensitivity/index.html).