mating a tele body and Strat neck...HELP please!

[Tone_Terrific]

I have ended up with a (I suppose) standard routed alder tele style body (ebay...sigh) and a MIM 21 fret Strat neck that does not seat to the right scale length due to its heel shape i.e. rounded vs tele square.

If I trim the neck back I may be getting close to the truss rod anchor. If I lengthen the neck pocket I will be into the pickup cavity.

Is there an elegant solution besides starting over?

Thanks.

[Old Tele man]

...use LONGER intonation screws on the bridge pieces to "move" them forward the same distance as the neck to pocket problem.

[Clorenzo]

According to this: http://www.warmoth.com/guitar/necks/necks.cfm?fuseaction=faq2 the problem would be just the gaps left in the pocket, but not intonation (which is a problem in the opposite case). Are you sure you can't intonate properly as it is? Maybe the routing in the body isn't standard?

[Tone_Terrific]

Originally posted by Clorenzo
According to this: http://www.warmoth.com/guitar/necks/necks.cfm?fuseaction=faq2 Maybe the routing in the body isn't standard?

Thanks for the link. Something is wonky here. Either the routing is misplaced,
(cursed ebay) or my bridge is non-standard. Any links to complete tele dimensions?

Longer screws on the bridge pieces (6, that I don't have) would correct the problem, too, I guess.

[Tone_Terrific]

Bah! Forget about it. Sold off all the nasty bits and will order a nice Squier and customize it.