influence of saddles on tone: reversed or not ?

[vincentm77]

Hi everyone,
my Gibson Les Paul Standard is from 1995.
On the bridge, all the saddles are mounted with the angled side facing the tailpiece (see 1st pic below)

On another guitar of mine (Nk Huber Orca), the saddles for the low E, A and D strings are mounted so that the angled side is facing the neck, while the saddle for the high E, B and G strings are mounted with the angled side facing the tailpiece (2nd pic below).

Is there any clear recommendation concerning the orientation of those saddles ???
In pictures, I have seen saddles in the "wrong" orientation (angled side facing the neck, as in the low strings of my Orca) for 1, 2 or 3 strings.

When shall I consider turning the saddles around ?!

Thanks a lot

Vincent

 

[Oldskoolrob]

Only what works for intonation. Some saddles face the opposite way so (if you need to) you have a little more room in the desired direction as the top if offset. No effect on tone. At all. None. Not even a little bit.



None.

 

[Knoby]

Makes no difference to tone. You can flip them around if the intonation is maxing out one way or another.

 

[Guy Named Sue]

Short answer, if they're not notched then no, there's no difference.

Other than that the flat side leaves more room for adjustment than the slope side.

 

[grumphh_the_banned_one]

There is no difference in tone. Whatsoever.

But there is a difference in that you can get ½ a mm of extra string length for intonation out of the saddles if you turn the beveled side towards the neck.

Some LP's need that extra ½ mm on some strings, others not.

But trust anyone who wants to tell you that there is a difference in tone from turning the saddles as you would a known psychopatic killer.

 

[sonar1]

Makes a HUGE difference in feel though






(Inserts tongue in cheek)

 

[Cjsinla]

Different saddle material makes more of difference in tone: nylon vs brass vs titanium.