Fender3, thanks for the research you've done on this. But I agree with TD, all the suggested methods sound scary. So does planning a crash to try to break it loose, like I did on the blue one. The glue is the stuff that comes with the PBG kits. The strings are probably a couple of mm high at the 12th fret, and the bridge is at its lowest position. Might think about trying to pull the bridge posts and sink them deeper. And my suggestion is for you to move on, TD, and not build a black Tele that will make mine look bad.