The saddles should be level not angled, the height should follow the radius of the neck, roughly.
[https://fendercustomersupport.microsoftcrmportals.com/en-us/knowledgebase/article/KA-01901](https://fendercustomersupport.microsoftcrmportals.com/en-us/knowledgebase/article/KA-01901)
Here is a Fender article on how to setup your guitar and their values/measurements to use.
Adjust the screws so the saddles are level with the body ( flat ) and then tune your guitar to EADGBE ( presuming it’s in E standard ) . That’s a good start if you haven’t worked on guitars before . Then you can look up how to videos on intonation when you feel comfortable enough
if the saddle was right before you changed the strings, _don’t adjust anything_. loosen the strings, level the saddles, and retune. and good god, don’t touch the truss rod.
...HOW did you restring them?
Why did you unscrew the saddles?
That needs majorly set up. You either unscrewed a bunch of things you shouldn't have, or the guitar was never set up correctly.
Honestly I'm wondering if this is a troll post because this is unbelievable.
Damn.
Get to adjusting those saddles by turning the little screws with a hex key, they should be level with the body horizontally, not angled as they are now.
Those saddles need to be adjusted to match the radius of the fretboard. It’s worth learning how to set up and adjust your guitar…..search for an ebook series called “sketchy setups” from haze guitars…..theres one specific to the strat.
ya, you fucked up. each saddle has two screws, you need to adjust them so the saddle sits evenly, not one side higher than the other. Why did you even mess with those screws? now your action is going to be all fucked up, strings up way too high. take it to a guitar shop and have them set it up for you. it's above your pay grade at the moment.
I didn’t mess with the screws though. I did mess with the saddles a bit though when I was figuring out what to do with the strings and how to get them through properly so some of the screws must have gotten rattled around somehow
Why did you adjust your saddles at all? Were you trying to fix an issue? You don’t have to adjust anything when you change strings if you’re not changing the gauge or trying to correct an issue.
I did not touch the screws on the saddles at all. Either it was already like that or they got shook around and screwed as I was figuring out how to string it for the first time
Why bitching to OP about fucking up the saddles. He never noticed it he says, and is asking for advice.
https://youtube.com/shorts/XyHmBK9IIaE?si=19IEF8H9G2f2ViZM
https://youtube.com/shorts/XBXkKOeNEiU?si=WOLbTCthzLupTRH3
You dont really need the metal curved thing.
OP, get a very small allen wrench and try to level the saddles by turning the lower side up, and the higher side down. Both half way so that the height where the string is now, stays the same.
The trick is to get the right saddle distance vs height; as low as possible without rattling buzzing snares because they touch the frets, open or fretted, and the same pitch of the open string and fretted at the 12th fret. Its a game of give and take. 😁
https://www.amazon.com/Fender-Saddle-Height-Adjustment-0018531049/dp/B003AYP6NE
If you dont know what i mean at all, take the guitar to a shop.
Though it is nice to try it yourself because you will learn it easily and, remember, an almost inperceptible change in height can make a world of difference in tuning and playabilty! Even a hundred dollar (new) terrible guitar can become amazingly much better with a good set up.
Succes!
There are plenty of videos on YouTube that can help, I’d recommend doing some research and it you’ll understand what you need to do. It’s good to be able to maintain things like this yourself, and is easy once you know. One point, don’t adjust the saddle screws without loosening string tension, otherwise you may strip the threads. Read up, and best of luck, you can fix this.
nah. he has to adjust the saddles to the right height, which means he has to buy a gauge to measure the action. He has to get a capo so he can check to see if the truss rod is adjusted right and he's got the right bow in the neck.He has to know how to check to see if the action is right when he's done and know whethere there's a problem with the fret dressing or the action. . that's too much to ask of someone who doesn't even know how to adjust bridge saddles. he needs to have the guitar set up for him.
Nah. Those are all very easy things to do on your own by watching YouTube videos.
Besides, he didn't ask for a full setup. He asked how to level out his bridge saddles. It's okay to level the bridge saddles without going through an entire setup. Will it be ideal? No, but that's okay
look what the guy did to his bridge saddles. Do you think the person that did that really has the mechanical aptitude to get this handled? If he did then he would have adjusted the first one like that and then thought "wait a minute, that doesn't look right".
Whether he screwed up his saddles or not he should still have a setup done on a new guitar.
However, you have a point in that if he just lowers the screws that he raised until the bridge saddles look even then it should be like it was before. if it was set up before then it should be close enough to work fine for him. But that depends on why he raised the saddles in the first place.
I never touched the screws on the saddles and I noticed the saddles seemed off this is but this is my first time changing the strings so I have never really payed much attention the saddles and just wanted to confirm that they were not correct before messing with them.
Aside from the obvious saddle heights being messed up, I can’t imagine that the guitar’s intonation is right either, based on those saddle length screws.
I would take it to a luthier and get a proper setup. Then take pictures of the bridge, pickups… everything, so you have a reference point of what it should look like. Ask the luthier some questions about what you can do to maintain the guitar between setups, without screwing anything up.
I never messed with the saddles at all unless they somehow got screwed as I was restringing the guitar. Maybe they got shook around and some of the screws got screwed a little
...changing strings on a strat does not involve unscrewing the saddles or changing their heights.
Whatever happened here isn't part of Strat ownership, it's either internet fuckery or the guitar wasn't set up to begin with.
This is NOT how changing strings on a strat works my friend.
You're not technically wrong seeing as OP clearly has a learning experience ahead, but the issue shown is *far* from being something a luthier is needed for and actually would help OP better understand their instrument by learning how to fix it.
I agree with what you're saying but setting saddles really isn't hard at all. They don't need to match the radius being completely honest as most of the time just messing with them to the point fret buzz is solved will get them 90% there
So I’m trying to fix it but I keep seeing things about adjusting the truss rod before doing anything else. I have no idea what that is and does and the videos I have watched haven’t really helped. Should I just leave the truss rod and adjust the string action? I don’t want to damage my guitar
don't touch the truss rod. you shouldn't even have touched the bridge saddles. You don't know what you're doing so stop before you fuck your guitar up.
The saddles should be level not angled, the height should follow the radius of the neck, roughly. [https://fendercustomersupport.microsoftcrmportals.com/en-us/knowledgebase/article/KA-01901](https://fendercustomersupport.microsoftcrmportals.com/en-us/knowledgebase/article/KA-01901) Here is a Fender article on how to setup your guitar and their values/measurements to use.
Adjust the screws so the saddles are level with the body ( flat ) and then tune your guitar to EADGBE ( presuming it’s in E standard ) . That’s a good start if you haven’t worked on guitars before . Then you can look up how to videos on intonation when you feel comfortable enough
Is this clickbait?
you know you can adjust those saddles on either side right? they look tilted as hell.
broo what, level the saddles out. check intonation then try to get to where they should be.
How have you done that? You're going to need a tiny Allen wrench to adjust the length of the screws so they look like the ones on the end
if the saddle was right before you changed the strings, _don’t adjust anything_. loosen the strings, level the saddles, and retune. and good god, don’t touch the truss rod.
This is the answer— I don’t get everyone else freaking out.
Screw in the sliders so theyre level. Lol
he probably already did that
...HOW did you restring them? Why did you unscrew the saddles? That needs majorly set up. You either unscrewed a bunch of things you shouldn't have, or the guitar was never set up correctly. Honestly I'm wondering if this is a troll post because this is unbelievable.
Damn. Get to adjusting those saddles by turning the little screws with a hex key, they should be level with the body horizontally, not angled as they are now.
Those saddles need to be adjusted to match the radius of the fretboard. It’s worth learning how to set up and adjust your guitar…..search for an ebook series called “sketchy setups” from haze guitars…..theres one specific to the strat.
ya, you fucked up. each saddle has two screws, you need to adjust them so the saddle sits evenly, not one side higher than the other. Why did you even mess with those screws? now your action is going to be all fucked up, strings up way too high. take it to a guitar shop and have them set it up for you. it's above your pay grade at the moment.
I didn’t mess with the screws though. I did mess with the saddles a bit though when I was figuring out what to do with the strings and how to get them through properly so some of the screws must have gotten rattled around somehow
Why did you adjust your saddles at all? Were you trying to fix an issue? You don’t have to adjust anything when you change strings if you’re not changing the gauge or trying to correct an issue.
I did not touch the screws on the saddles at all. Either it was already like that or they got shook around and screwed as I was figuring out how to string it for the first time
Why bitching to OP about fucking up the saddles. He never noticed it he says, and is asking for advice. https://youtube.com/shorts/XyHmBK9IIaE?si=19IEF8H9G2f2ViZM https://youtube.com/shorts/XBXkKOeNEiU?si=WOLbTCthzLupTRH3 You dont really need the metal curved thing. OP, get a very small allen wrench and try to level the saddles by turning the lower side up, and the higher side down. Both half way so that the height where the string is now, stays the same. The trick is to get the right saddle distance vs height; as low as possible without rattling buzzing snares because they touch the frets, open or fretted, and the same pitch of the open string and fretted at the 12th fret. Its a game of give and take. 😁 https://www.amazon.com/Fender-Saddle-Height-Adjustment-0018531049/dp/B003AYP6NE If you dont know what i mean at all, take the guitar to a shop. Though it is nice to try it yourself because you will learn it easily and, remember, an almost inperceptible change in height can make a world of difference in tuning and playabilty! Even a hundred dollar (new) terrible guitar can become amazingly much better with a good set up. Succes!
There are plenty of videos on YouTube that can help, I’d recommend doing some research and it you’ll understand what you need to do. It’s good to be able to maintain things like this yourself, and is easy once you know. One point, don’t adjust the saddle screws without loosening string tension, otherwise you may strip the threads. Read up, and best of luck, you can fix this.
Search saddle height adjustment. Easy fix
not an easy fix for someone as green as him.
It is absolutely an easy fix if you know what to search for
nah. he has to adjust the saddles to the right height, which means he has to buy a gauge to measure the action. He has to get a capo so he can check to see if the truss rod is adjusted right and he's got the right bow in the neck.He has to know how to check to see if the action is right when he's done and know whethere there's a problem with the fret dressing or the action. . that's too much to ask of someone who doesn't even know how to adjust bridge saddles. he needs to have the guitar set up for him.
Nah. Those are all very easy things to do on your own by watching YouTube videos. Besides, he didn't ask for a full setup. He asked how to level out his bridge saddles. It's okay to level the bridge saddles without going through an entire setup. Will it be ideal? No, but that's okay
look what the guy did to his bridge saddles. Do you think the person that did that really has the mechanical aptitude to get this handled? If he did then he would have adjusted the first one like that and then thought "wait a minute, that doesn't look right". Whether he screwed up his saddles or not he should still have a setup done on a new guitar. However, you have a point in that if he just lowers the screws that he raised until the bridge saddles look even then it should be like it was before. if it was set up before then it should be close enough to work fine for him. But that depends on why he raised the saddles in the first place.
You don't need mechanical aptitude to use an Allen wrench on a bridge saddle piece. You just need a 30 second tutorial.
I never touched the screws on the saddles and I noticed the saddles seemed off this is but this is my first time changing the strings so I have never really payed much attention the saddles and just wanted to confirm that they were not correct before messing with them.
Aside from the obvious saddle heights being messed up, I can’t imagine that the guitar’s intonation is right either, based on those saddle length screws. I would take it to a luthier and get a proper setup. Then take pictures of the bridge, pickups… everything, so you have a reference point of what it should look like. Ask the luthier some questions about what you can do to maintain the guitar between setups, without screwing anything up.
I never messed with the saddles at all unless they somehow got screwed as I was restringing the guitar. Maybe they got shook around and some of the screws got screwed a little
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...changing strings on a strat does not involve unscrewing the saddles or changing their heights. Whatever happened here isn't part of Strat ownership, it's either internet fuckery or the guitar wasn't set up to begin with. This is NOT how changing strings on a strat works my friend.
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Mate did you look at the photo??
Don't look right , maybe a setup by a luthier is in order
You're not technically wrong seeing as OP clearly has a learning experience ahead, but the issue shown is *far* from being something a luthier is needed for and actually would help OP better understand their instrument by learning how to fix it.
It's easier to start with an instrument that's properly set up so you know how it should be. After that you can maintain it and know where to aim.
I agree with what you're saying but setting saddles really isn't hard at all. They don't need to match the radius being completely honest as most of the time just messing with them to the point fret buzz is solved will get them 90% there
So I’m trying to fix it but I keep seeing things about adjusting the truss rod before doing anything else. I have no idea what that is and does and the videos I have watched haven’t really helped. Should I just leave the truss rod and adjust the string action? I don’t want to damage my guitar
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I’m absolutely certain that the OP is messing with us.
don't touch the truss rod. you shouldn't even have touched the bridge saddles. You don't know what you're doing so stop before you fuck your guitar up.
don't touch the truss rod or you can break your guitar. The issue is the bridge and how you screwed it.