NEWB ?'s: Tele saddles need any shaping?

[PSWoods]

I'm putting together my first attempt an authentic telecaster (no humbuckers, no modern bridge). I got the Wilkinson bridge assembly that is like a regular brass 3 barrel, string-thru type except that you can swivel the barrels for intonation. I'm looking at it now - looks just like a classic type except for the center screw on the saddles.

Here's what I'm wondering: do all you tele aficionados use the plain round brass barrels completely stock on a classic tele, or do you reshape them at all?

The cylindrical saddle shape just seems kinda imprecise, like the extra contact area from when the string vibrates would kill sustain and maybe make super high, weird harmonics. Not what I associate with a tele.

When I was searching for a bridge, I saw that Graph Tech makes a tele saddle that is more in keeping with the conventional wisdom I know: there is a sharp ramp off where the vibrating length of the string begins (/ends). Here is their marketing hyperbole on this product (PDF).

These are the only threads I found on the subject on this site. Thread 1. Thread 2. I would have guessed this would be a great, raging debate on a tele forum. It must be simpler than I think.

Does anyone do anything like file away a ramp on the vibrating side to make a clean break? Or is stock the hot ticket?

[Joe-Bob]

The stock profile is fine and doesn't need any alteration.
Remember, the string does not vibrate all the way to the very end because of its stiffnes, and the small radius of the saddles clears the part that does vibrate just fine.

[lenny]

i've heard of people ramping the saddles, and if done well, i think you could solve some intonation problems. but i think that the majority of tele players just use them round. some ppl use compensated saddles, and some just use 3 straight across saddles