Quote Originally Posted by mudmucker View Post
As BleekerSt_Girl says, peruse the saddles threads. Pay attention when people are speaking of T shaped saddles or pear shaped as that may effect you. Also, do a search on Knotted Yets threads/posts about sitting on a wooden chair and making a determination of whether you might need a cutout or not, and all of her other useful information on fit, position and such. This might all be a better start than from zero in understanding your bottom and honing in on the many saddles you might potentially try.

Try Specialized body geometry if sensitive tissue is really too smooshed. They are designed to effectively perch you up on your sitbones.

TahoeDirtGirl brings up an interesting point about padding. I had the Specialized Jett and Avatar (t-shaped saddle), was right up nice on the sit bones and no pressure elsewhere. But over long rides the sit bones got sore no matter what. I compensated by getting really thick padded shorts, Pearl Izumi in fact. The Specialized Avatar was still painful for me by 42 miles (although many people love them) so I went on a saddle search and found the Selle An-Atomica (pear- shaped). Love it. But, now the thickly padded Pearl Izumis are too much padding and I get smooshed. So now it's back to thinner chamois shorts, which I've found, and all is well. I tensioned the leather a bit more to perch up and I don't get any smooshing but have sit bone comfort.

Trial and error I think, with the saddle/shorts combo. Hopefully you will find this earlier in the search than later. But it is so well worth it when you get it. Don't settle for pain.
Where are the Knotted Yets posts? ((sorry, i'm new))