I'm building this alongside an AG-1F. I received the AG-1F a while back and I've just started on the clear coats for that. Since this kit just arrived, I've now got something to do while waiting for clears to dry on the first. My initial look at the kit leaves me with some concerns/questions.

Disclaimer: I haven't done a proper mock build so I could be worrying about nothing.

My first question is around the Bigsby and how to correctly locate it. I found a nice old post here that explains it with a picture - https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...ead.php?t=1733. I gather the whole point there is this is part of the mock build and you'd use the string alignment from tuner to bridge and extend that in a nice straight line to the Bigsby to locate where it should sit to keep the strings nice and straight. What I don't get is how far back from the bridge it should be located. I assume that closer to the bridge means bigger break angle but is there some sort of guideline as to what I should be looking for? Last thing I want to be doing is trying to fill in drill holes on my flame top because I've got it wrong.

Second question is kinda related to the first in a way. As I mentioned, I haven't done a proper mock build yet and this could be perfectly normal. The one thing I've done is to slot the neck into the body to see how it sits and I've noticed there's a bit of a break angle for the neck. This could be normal, but the neck on my AG-1F doesn't have this and seems to sit nice and parallel with the body, and the mock build on that seemed to indicate the strings sat correctly over the pickups through to the bridge and rang true with a fairly decent action. I would have thought the AGM-3F would be similar since the bodies are essentially the same other than the material used and the routing (I think).
It seems the neck would be more suited to an arch top, like an LP etc, where the bridge and pickups would sit a bit higher. I've been scouring other build diaries to try and find something similar but with no luck. I get the feeling that with the way the neck currently sits, I'm going to be sitting the bridge and pickups up really high. Or, perhaps I'm going to need to do some planing/sanding of the heel to level it out a bit. I'm reluctant to do anything without a) first doing the mock build to perhaps highlight that all of the above is utter stupidity from me and b) asking the opinions of those with much greater knowledge than I possess.

Of course, I've chosen now to write this message when the kit is back at home and I can't take photos to demonstrate. Will provide photos later when I can take them.