Telecaster 3 barrel saddle perfect intonation 

Just did and it sounds in tune to me. I will upload it now ...let me see if I can record it with my iphone ...

uploading the video now ... btw, I intonate it while in E standard and then once happy I tune it all down to standard D tuning without any intonation issues. At least not for the chords I play.

Here is the video for your viewing pleasure :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NOySRU54HcM.html

@@Cheguebuddha Sounds in tune! Bravo! I'm hoping my new tele esquire will intonate like that... it's still in the box.

Or split the difference

@@jasonthompson2059 YES! :D Split the difference and compensate on the tuners a bit for one string. Usually, I down-tune slightly on the B string with 10' strings but with 11's strings, I don't need to do this.

The bridge pickup route is not the same on Fender Teles and T-style guitars. Its to avoid copy right. Harley Benton also has a bridge route further away which means the saddles will be closer to the bridge pickup. This results in an even brighter bridge pickup sound. I dislike that. I prefer the saddles to further away from the bridge pickup.

@@Cheguebuddha Omg, finally, someone solves me that mistery. Exactly this is that negative result of having such a bridge, shrill and bright bridge pickup:( On both guitars i have the same output bridge pickup, but on the original Fender tele, it sounds moooore full, rounded and fat! How to solve that problem then on a such a guitar? If i moove sadles away from a pickup, i will loose good intonation, right?

It's rare but it does happen ' I've only had 2 that would in the past 47 years that would.

@@keithclark486 I have 3 Teles and all have these non-compensated saddles and all play fine up and down the fretboard, intonated well. Im now building another Tele partcatser and this one too will get a non-compensated ashtray 3 saddle bridge. I know how to set up my own guitars.

@@keithclark486 Assuming no compensated nut, If a guitar has unusually low action and relief, it can require less compensation to be properly intonated. This is also the case if you use lighter gauge strings or a wound G string. But, if relief, action, and string gauge/type are consistent, then the same compensation will be required. There's no way around it. It's just simple physics. I have, of course played guitars that had been "intonated" by a tech with a poor ear. Some very good players simply can't hear the difference between close and perfect.

I have 3 Teles and all have these non-compensated saddles and I have no issues with intonation. I set up my own guitars. Im building another Tele partcaster now and will again buy this non-compensated ashtrey bridge. Dont know why folks have issues with it? Bring it to your local guitar tech and they will adjust it properly for you.

@@Cheguebuddha @spacepodi is correct. This is not a matter of opinion; it's the physics of the guitar. If your paired saddles are 90-degrees to the strings, your intonation is, at best, a weak compromise. It may be adequate for you, but to someone with a trained ear and who plays complex chords up the neck, it will be like fingernails on a chalkboard.

Im not sure. I do detune the B string slightly and the rest are tuned to the right pitch. This way I get it to work great up and down the fretboard. You can see the position of the saddles to give you a rough idea. I intonated the strings using a cheap TC clip on tuner.

@@Cheguebuddha A strobe tuner may show more accurate intonation results.

Sorry. Yes it was not to show how to but that its possible.