Having set the neck, I went ahead and adjusted the string height. Following several books, the Fender web page and other posts, the rule of thumb said to set the string height to 1.6 mm on the 13th fret, for the high and low strings one a Telecaster. I used the grub screws on the bridge to lower the strings, but even in the lowest position of the bridge saddles, the strings were still to high.
In order to compensate for this, I took the strings off again and placed a shim into the neck pocket, made of the same ash veneer that I had already used for filling in the neck pocket earlier.
With the shim in place and the bridge saddles still being in the lowest position, the strings were much lower (actually too low now).
Again, I used the grub screws to adjust the string height for the outer strings, measuring again with a feeler gauge.
Using a neck radius gauge, I then adjusted the inner string heights to match the neck radius, with the inner strings being a bit closer to the neck than the outer ones (to compensate for more movement of the low e string and allow for some more bending on the high e string).
With the shim in place and the bridge saddles still being in the lowest position, the strings were much lower (actually too low now).
Again, I used the grub screws to adjust the string height for the outer strings, measuring again with a feeler gauge.
Using a neck radius gauge, I then adjusted the inner string heights to match the neck radius, with the inner strings being a bit closer to the neck than the outer ones (to compensate for more movement of the low e string and allow for some more bending on the high e string).
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