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Not sure what I think of the principle. Like all of these things it seems to sound better on some chords and worse on others.
I've never had problems with sounding 'out'.
To me a guitar sounds most in tune when it's set up with the nut as low as possible, the neck as straight as possible (allowing a tiny bit of relief usually) and intonated and tuned perfectly to the equal-temperament intervals. If you think about the mathematics and physics of it, there's a good reason for this...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Exactly. The whole point of equal temperament is that the errors are evenly distributed - any attempt to make one key sound more in tune automatically makes others worse, by definition. Which for some guitarists isn't an issue, I know - if you don't play in those keys.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein