Dual Fulcrum bridge saddle alignment

[soundxplorer]

I've seen this on all sorts of tremolos with vintage-style saddles, not just G&L. But I figured I would ask this question here.

I bought a used Doheny V12 recently and I noticed the strings were aligned a bit closer to the right side of the fretboard. The High E string was very close to the edge, while the Low E had more room than necessary. The nut looks to be cut just fine. As I examined it further, it seemed like the bridge saddles were skewed to the right - but maybe the entire tremolo isn't quite square with the neck? It could be ever so slightly rotated.

Anyway, the bridge saddles naturally want to align a little bit too far to the right (red lines below). We're talking a few millimeters, but it does make a difference.
In the picture below, I've pulled all the saddles to the left when re-stringing the guitar. It gets everything close to where it needs to be, except the High E is still a bit further over to the right than I would like it. And I don't really think the saddles will stay this way over time, especially after using the tremolo. Is there a solution to this?

[HunGLish]

The saddles go where the strings pull them. You can force them to one side, but after some strumming they will go back. I think you should set the neck like here: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=3488

[soundxplorer]

The saddles go where the strings pull them. You can force them to one side, but after some strumming they will go back. I think you should set the neck like here: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=3488

Cool, thanks for that link. I never would have thought a bolt-on neck would have that much adjustment to it.
The instructions say "At tension, loosen the neck screws". That seems scary. Maybe I'll tune down a bit.

[Craig]

The saddles go where the strings pull them. You can force them to one side, but after some strumming they will go back. I think you should set the neck like here: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=3488

Cool, thanks for that link. I never would have thought a bolt-on neck would have that much adjustment to it.
The instructions say "At tension, loosen the neck screws". That seems scary. Maybe I'll tune down a bit.

Also, check to make sure each saddle is parallel to the bridge plate and that the saddle height screws are both touching the bridge plate at the same height.

Hope this helps.