Made a boo boo...will it matter?

To make a long story short...I glued on the fretboard (Tele style) resulting in the nut being 1/16" or so closer to the bridge. Will that matter...will there be problems with intonation?

I'm no expert, but I imagine you'd just compensate at the bridge?

What he said

No problem. You should have enough saddle adjustment to take care of it.

Thank goodness "Leo got it right the first time". You need to make adjustments of 1.58mm. on all of the bridge saddles, a relatively smallish error that can be rectified, but it's possible depending on your bridge/saddles. I'm a Math/Electronics lecturer( obssessive). The correct scale length is 25.51" i.e. 647.954 mm. or 648mm. at the dead centre between the D and G string. Midpoint should run dead centre to the middle of the D string tuning peg.That's the beaty of Fenders- you can work with them.Any error of 2 mm. would possibly be unworkable ANYWHERE on the guitar.I've heard of a master builder here out by 5mm. and the guitarist is a pro. works for a famous band based in Australia but works a lot in Europe. Whole bridge etc. needed work by Steve Opitz and my Maths.(Steve repairs Maton guitars sent to the US and sent back).

P.S. In simple terms you may need to lengthen all by 1.58mm. or 1/16''; that is, shorten your spring lengths/saddles. Go with 1/16" as you are American and using the Imperial scale length, afterall that's what they were built to. Like hemingway I hope I've been of some help. Cheers from Downunder where it's bl---y cold right now.

You could always place the bridge that much farther back if you wanted :-)

I'll bet the saddles should have plenty of space to make up the difference.

You could always place the bridge that much farther back if you wanted :-)

I'll bet the saddles should have plenty of space to make up the difference.

Right - ya I make my necks about 1/16 too long - the tele bridge can compensate for that. The one thing you may have to do is to cut or loose the springs on the saddle retaining screws - maybe use some shorter screws if needed - it'll work fine.