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How do you folks locate your saddle? After looking at SteMac locator, it shows measuring from the FB edge of to the 12 fret, then from the 12th fret to the front edge of the saddle slot?
Seems everythign I've read showed measurements taken from the center of the nut and saddle.
How do you folks locate yours?

Front edge of the nut to the center of saddle.

Scott,
Got your email, and I do not really have a tutorial on how to use the bridge centering tool with finding your saddle location. I would do what Hesh just stated, and make a mark on the centerline finder in the exact location of where the front of the bridge will go. This will depend on your bridge. You would need to measure the distance from the front of the bridge to the middle of the saddle slot, then subract that distance from the location of the saddle to find the front of the bridge. Then you can put the bridge squaring jig on the centerline finder and slide it up to this mark for the front of the bridge, then just slide the bridge under the centerline finder until it hits the bridge squaring jig. At this point you have located your bridge and automatically squared it in relation to the centerline of the top. I'm also assuming you put a centerline on your bridge and you lined that up with the centerline of the centerline finder. If so, then you are golden!
Tracy

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I used the saddle-matic on my builds 2 and 3. Front of nut to twelfth, that distance again + 1/16" to front of saddle slot. Measured down center of FB.

Ron

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With the saddle-matic - you can adjust the pins to provide the needed compensation...

-Mark

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I don't use the pins. My bridge is accurately slotted before installation and I place the front of the bridge exactly perpendicular to the centerline. I just need to use one point in the center of the bridge.

Ron

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Yep,the saddle-matic is the way to go for me.

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Since I comp the nut by 1mm, I measure from the 12th fret half the scale in mm, add 2.5 mm, and there is the centre of the slot between the D and G.

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Tony Karol
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I have the StewMac locator and it's directions work well. Recenlty I saw a great intonation-saddle locator jig whisg places the bridge and saddle in line with the two E strings. he thread in archive should shaw pics.
It aligns and intonates in one step.


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