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Before doing any alteration to SF saddles, a person should consider this: unlike with a TOM or standard Fender bass bridge (whose individual saddles remain flat over their adjustable range of travel parallel to the string they support), moving an SF bridge saddle toward the string anchor point to LENGTHEN the string for intonation purposes also LOWERS the string (because of the slanted nature of the SF bridge base plate). Conversely, SHORTENING the string by moving the individual bridge saddle towards the nut also RAISES the string, also due to the slant of the bridge base plate. With this in mind, I'd make sure that the intonation is spot on before altering the saddles to tweak individual string height and then only if the base plate height adjusters can't get it done.
Also due to the inclined nature of the SF bridge base plate, it's much more difficult to get a visual read on the relative heights of the individual saddles when they are in place on a properly-intonated SF than it is when they are off the bass and placed in a line , side-by-side.
Also due to the inclined nature of the SF bridge base plate, it's much more difficult to get a visual read on the relative heights of the individual saddles when they are in place on a properly-intonated SF than it is when they are off the bass and placed in a line , side-by-side.