My 4 string bridge won't intonate at low C. Solutions?

[Max Allstadt]

thank you for all the suggestions.

in the end, filing the saddle notch a little and creating a crisper corner and better witnesd point fixed it

I have a partscaster Jazz-Ray with a gotoh bridge.

I want to tune it down to CGCF, using a .120 for the C, sometimes tuning up to D.

I can't move the low string saddle any further, and intonation is still out by a lot (over 1hz).

Looking for suggestions for how to make this work. Bridge photos below.

Can anyone estimate if I can get enough distance to solve this problem by removing the bridge, filling the screwholes, an reattaching it a little bit further down, without exposing the screwholes on the neck side of the bridge?

If not, could I mod the low C saddle?



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[Lenny JG]

I use tapered low strings for my G# and E0 and it def helps