Bridge alignment

[Al 13]

I recently had my Kentucky 180S into a local technician for set-up. My question, if anyone would answer, is the bridge to be perfectly perpendicular to the strings or is it ok for it to be slightly towards the neck on the treble side?

[sunburst]

The bridge needs to be positioned for correct intonation, and if it ends up "tilted" a little, so be it.

[Mandophyte]

Al,
Take a look in the classified. You'll notice that most mandolins' bridges slope away from the fretboard more at the G string end, although I have one that does the opposite.

[Big Joe]

That would be very common to have the treble side slightly fore of the bass side. The real issue is if it is in proper intonation no matter how it sits or where it sits.

[Fretbear]

A guy brought me a guitar the other day that he said would not play in tune. After awhile I realized that the bridge saddle slot was cut sloping the wrong way, with the treble side farthest away from the bridge pins instead of the bass side. It was a factory-built left-handed guitar that someone had strung up to play right-handed.

[Al 13]

Thank you for the feedback.

[JeffD]

The bridge needs to be positioned for correct intonation, and if it ends up "tilted" a little, so be it.

What he said.