Wooden bridge - notches?

[RyanM]

A previous owner had the compensated bridge on my guitar backwards - the low A was compensated forward instead of the high b backwards.

So i flipped it around but now the low strings are sitting on skinny notches and the high e is in a deep big notch for a low E.

I’ll have to even it out but i might just start fresh with a new one. My question is, do i need to notch it at all, and how deep, and should it be radiused or flat?

GB-0501 Compensated Bridge and Base for Archtop — Allparts Music

[ruger9]

I've only owned one wooden saddle archtop, an Epiphone Broadway, but I did notch the saddle. I just find it more convenient for the strings to go exactly where they are supposed to, and they do resist moving if the guitar is being strummed kinda' hard for the Freddie Green "four beats to the bar" style.

[AllanAllen]

When you string it up and tune to pitch it’ll notch itself.

[Alder Statesman]

A way into this video the tech discusses notches and radius on the bridge. IHTH.

[wintermoon]

When you string it up and tune to pitch it’ll notch itself.

That may work ok on the plain strings but not as well w the rest.

[deacon Mark]

You need every little notch just enough to get the string to be in the correct position. I am mean really not much an impression of the string back an forth can work. Don't buy another bridge just carefully a bit off with sandpaper making sure the radius of the bridge remains the same. Draw a radius template if unsure.