new saddle install and intonation

[imastratoholic]

I'm going to put new saddles on a guitar I have, and would like to know how to figure out where the saddles should be roughly adjusted starting out. Without a reference point of old saddles to work off of. I've searched the internet and can't find anything that shows where to start.
Thanks!

 

[AceBSpankin]

Measure from the neck side of the nut to the center of the little E saddle.

 

[imastratoholic]

Measure from the neck side of the nut to the center of the little E saddle.

Sorry man, but that doesn't mean anything to me.

 

[PLAYLOUD]

Sorry man, but that doesn't mean anything to me.

Do you know how to intonate?

 

[imastratoholic]

Once the saddles are where they should be, I can intonate. But no, with new saddle install and rough setup, no.
I'm trying to learn this process and thought I might find some help here. I didn't think this would be such an abrasive question?

 

[walterw]

simmer down kids!

you do indeed measure! from the front edge of the nut to the center of the 12th fret, get a distance; then, from the center of the 12th fret to the bridge, measure that exact same distance; that's your theoretical scale length.

put the high E saddle to where the string first touches it right at that point, then set the other saddles back from that, in a shallow "zig-zag" pattern with the D back up slightly in front of the G.

 

[PLAYLOUD]

Once the saddles are where they should be, I can intonate. But no, with new saddle install and rough setup, no.
I'm trying to learn this process and thought I might find some help here. I didn't think this would be such an abrasive question?

I asked because I was trying to help. Just put the saddle about where the other one was and then intonate from there. Do it a few times and it gets pretty easy. You need to intonate every once in a while and when you change to different gauge strings.

 

[imastratoholic]

Thanks! That'll get me headed in the right direction.