Need advice in the bridge of my SG

[Phylodog]

I picked this up recently in a trade but had shoulder replacement around the same time so I haven't been able to really go over it. I was looking it over today and noticed that the A string appears to sit below the E and D strings. What little bit I've played it I didn't notice anything in the way it plays but I'm only a year back into playing so I definitely don't have the most educated hands. I've upgraded a few guitars with Faber parts but was kind of hoping to keep this one original.

Any advice on what to do here, if anything?

 

[narsenyev]

From the first picture looks like the low E isn’t in its saddle, making it higher than the A

Can you try “clicking” it into place?

 

[Roxy13]

It looks to me like the bass E string is not in the notch either or it would be sitting lower.

 

[Subterfuge]

invest in an understring radius gauge ...

 

[Phylodog]

Well sonofa........

Thanks for pointing out the obvious. Someone please delete this thread before the whole world finds out I'm a moron lol.

I'm blaming the pain meds

 

[Roxy13]

Just have a good laugh and enjoy your new SG

 

[cmjohnson]

D and G strings look like they're at different heights. They should ideally be the same or VERY close to it. Since you probably DO want the low E to be a little higher than the high E, but usually the difference is just about 1/64th of an inch. From D to G that's hardly even noticeable. It's like 3 thousandths of an inch.

E and E should be the lowest two. D and G should be the highest two. A and B should be in the middle.

Using a radius gauge, the saddles should have notches in them that are cut so that the strings are right on a comfortable radius, anything between a 12 and 16 inch radius to be reasonably precise about it.

Each saddle should have enough of a notch in it that strings don't pop out under heavy strumming near the bridge.