Quote Originally Posted by Rabbit View Post
As far at the bridge goes, the centre line is probably best referencing it from the centre of the pickup and neck route.
I did see somewhere about measuring the neck pocket and working out the centreline from that - Never thought to incorporate measuring it off the pickup route as well!

As for placement of the bridge, I'd probably tape a couple of pieces of string to the headstock and run one from the treble side of the nut to the bridge and the other from the bass side of the nut to the bridge and move the bridge from side to side till you get the strings nice and even along the line of the neck/fret board.
Ah! Builder's string! Now, I have a roll of that somewhere that I can use!


Quote Originally Posted by Simon Barden View Post
Not the saddle mid-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).
Just so I'm reading this right...Are you saying to move the saddles to within a couple of mm of the front of the bridge and measure to the G-String saddle only? Sorry if I seem thick, I'm just wanting to make sure I get this part right!

I haven't started sanding yet, so any marks I make will surely disappear anyway - unless I mark it with marking knives, of course!

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.
Funnily enough, I had noticed the screws poked a bit higher as I wound the saddles back. I wasn't sure if this was by design or not.