Not the saddle mid-point! (Edit: Sorry Rabbit if I was a bit abrupt there but it's important to get this right and the Pit Bull guide is just wrong on this point). Move them forwards towards the neck until there’s a just couple of mm of thread showing, then measure to the middle of the saddle barrel, as that’s the point the string will rest on. Mid-point on the intonation screw can leave too little space to move the low E saddle back enough. Measure from the G string slot position to the G string saddle. Mark the front/rear bridge position on the body (you can put masking tape down first if you don’t want to mark the wood or finish).
Also, the further back the saddles sit, the further up in the air the screws poke, and they can end up level with or above the strings.
You can run one piece of normal string from the bridge, down the neck, over the nut, through the E tuner hole, up through the G tuner hole then back down the neck back to the bridge. Move the bridge until the strings run nice and parallel to the sides of the neck. Mark the position of the sides of the bridge on the body and there you are.
Last edited by Simon Barden; 22-06-2021 at 12:17 AM.
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