Hey DK, just a thought, I'm not sure if that tele neck will be wide enough to support 12 strings and still be playable?

The PBG Tele neck is the thinnest, not sure about your kit tele, but you need quite a lot of real estate in width to accommodate the 12 strings and also to be able to depress them with your fingers without muting the other strings.

But getting back to your suggestion, by full paddle you mean both sides of the headstock are a blank....say....to shape it to a snakehead type of headstock?