I was wondering how you got on?
I see on some other builds....recess the bridge....was a chosen outcome.
I didn’t like the permanency of a hole in my bass body.....so I business card shimmed the neck.
Still at work right now....but off the top of my head I can think of three of my builds with this style bridge.
ALL are shimmed and have not height issues....good neck relief and easy intonation.