Re: F-5 intonation issue bridge placement
If it's "well behind the f-holes" my thought is any kind of bridge offset to put the feet of the bridge near the f-hole "points" would be pretty contrived and probably do a poor job of transmitting the string energy into the top. Just keep it where it belongs for intonation and don't worry about it, is my vote, too. Putting the bridge elsewhere would require a different scale length, and on a fretted instrument, that's a new, probably custom slotted fretboard, unless the current scale length is unusually long.
Has this mando been properly set up? If the action is really high, it's going to push the fretted intonation out, too. Just a long shot...
2018 Kentucky KM-950, 2017 Ellis A5 Deluxe
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