HMMMM,, well now do I go an play with the saddles and try this theory out??? Like I said both my customs saddles run straight down the bridge...... Heres a little story about intonation.... My old man has a 82 silverburst custom and it comes outta the case maybe once a year... So for xmas one year about 10 years ago I took it to the local guitar shop for a nice poish job, set the intonation, new strings, file the a fret or two cause he didn't ever do that for his guitar,,, we got the guitar back and aside from the new strings it played terrible!!!! Strings were buzzing on frets, intonation was out by a mile.... it went back in the case till 2012 when I got my les paul custom, he pulled it outta the case, quick to notice his saddles were all over the bridge, and mine were straight in a line, so he eyeballed it an away he went!!!!! in minutes his saddles were in the same position as mine hahaha.... I took it to a friend to tune it up properly, fix the fret buzz an all that... he said the intonation was absolutely perfect hahaha..... an kindly offered my old man $3000 cash for his guitar..... My old man says hes crazy an its only worth $500 cause its an old 1982 and would never sell it to someone crazy enough to pay that amount for a 82 les paul custom.... it still sits in the case today under his bed with perfect intonation hahaha