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Thread #20312   Message #210741
Posted By: MK
12-Apr-00 - 03:27 PM
Thread Name: Really dumb guitar question
Subject: Really dumb guitar question
I'll preface this by stating that this is probably a really stupid question, and that the answer is probably right in front of my face, but it could be a question of not seeing the forest for the trees.

I have a newish guitar that has had very little play-in time. It also has an under-the-saddle-pickup on it.

The other night I was changing strings on it and giving it a polishing, and during the process at one point the saddle literally fell out of the bridge.

For the life of me, I couldn't figure out which way the saddle should be put back in. I do know the bottom part of the saddle is flat, and not bevilled like the top part that the strings cross over. But because the saddle height is pretty well uniform all the way across, and there are not really any well-worn indentation marks from string wear, grooved into the saddle, I was unsure when I put it back in whether the high strings were crossing where the low ones should be and vice versa.

It seems to play allright and the intonation seems okay. Is there a way to tell if I have it back in properly, or, given the previous sentence do I even need to worry about it.

Any thoughts?