Got this thing strung up and plugged in. Every time I re-string a Floyd I like them less and less. Bridge pickup works fine, neck pickup was really quiet and when I tried raising the height it now produces nothing. Without pulling it apart, I checked the grounding of both pickups (continuity tester between pickup height screw and bridge) and both are fine, so I'm assuming it's an issue with the solder joint at the switch or the switch itself. Given this switch was de-soldered and resoldered I can see how there may be a dry joint, or I may have put too much heat into it when trying to remove solder from the lugs. I've taken the opportunity to order a short switchcraft switch so I'll wait for that before I bother trying to fix this.
Another issue that may son brought up that may be a non-issue. He pointed out that the D string sits higher than the rest. Because my eyesight is what you would expect of someone of my advancing years, I took photos and zoomed in. Can definitely see the saddle sits at an angle compared to the rest and sits higher. Looking at an older photo I took before stringing, there appears to be a shim under just that saddle but just looking at it, it looks like it's a permanent fixture rather than something removable. I'm thinking since it's the middle string of a 7-string that it's possibly be design to allow for the radius of the fretboard with the bridge being flat. Of course, this height difference reduces the closer you get to the nut and it's not really noticeable when playing. Wondering if it might be worth getting a set of shims and raising the A & G not quite as high and the E & B a bit less again or just live with it. Obviously, the more important thing to worry about at this point is getting sound from the neck pickup.
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