Some of you may know that my Edwards, while it plays amazingly, has a slight intonation problem, and the low E'd locking screw hits the back of the bridge route and is also up a little higher than I'd like it on the actual bridge. I actually have all but the low E intonated now, and everything is in ship-shape. however...
I used to think that the bridge was just routed too close to the neck. But I realized after intonating the other strings that such a thing could not be possible. A closer look at my wound strings reveals that they curve a bit to the left (when facing the guitar straight on). Interesting... So, since I was using calipers to measure everything else (action, etc), I used it to measure the distance between the bridge posts and the pickup route.
Bass side post: 4.2mm from pickup ring. Treble side post: ~5mm from the pickup ring.
I took into account that the pickup might simply be crooked. Bass side of pickup ring from end of fretboard: ~87.2mm Treble side of pickup ring from end of fretboard: ~88.5mm
O.O So... wow... I would think that routing and hardware placement would be a tad more precise than that. I'll get a ruler and check the bridge posts-end of fretboard later (although it won't be nearly as precise).
tl;dr: Instead of thinking my bridge routing is too far back, I now have reason to believe that the routing is simply crooked.
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So... wow... I would think that routing and hardware placement would be a tad more precise than that. I'll get a ruler and check the bridge posts-end of fretboard later (although it won't be nearly as precise).