[New Les Paul Standard '60s, unslotted saddles]

1 hour ago, Mike_L said:

Excellent reference:

https://www.stewmac.com/How-To/Online_Resources/Hardware_Installation/Are_you_supposed_to_slot_Tune-o-matic_bridge_saddles.html

That IS quite a good article! Will bookmark it for future reference. Only thing I worry about is getting the depth correct.  The slots are so shallow at the moment, I’m not sure if it left the factory with correct depth or not. Will run it by a luthier next string change to have checked. Thanks!

[New Les Paul Standard '60s, unslotted saddles]

7 minutes ago, pauloqs said:

I noticed that on my Standard 50s, the saddles were slotted, but the slots were very shallow. Not to the point that I needed to deepen them, but shallow enough that I had to loosen the strings and put them to the side to see for myself that the saddles were indeed slotted. Not saying the same thing is going on with your Standard 60s, but just sharing my own experience with the new models.  

A-ha! I just loosened some strings and indeed there is the slightest, shallow indentation just keeping each string in place. You’d never know it otherwise. Thanks for the suggestion! I’ll leave it as is for now, then. 

[New Les Paul Standard '60s, unslotted saddles]

Drat! I was afraid that would be the answer. Thanks, Mike!

[New Les Paul Standard '60s, unslotted saddles]

Hey all,

Recently bought a Standard '60s. Beautiful guitar. Nicely setup out of the box and tuning stable. Just noticed the saddles are unslotted. Seems to be some conflicting info out there whether this is normal or not. Can I leave them like this, or do I absolutely need to take it somewhere to get them slotted? Kinda scared to work on a $2,4999 guitar myself! A bit concerned about string breakage, but again the tuning is very stable. Thanks!