Hi guys,
75 today, and must tell you this kit has decided to bite me again. checked out the scale and clearances on a dry assembly, all reasonable, glued in the neck, and horrors, the angle changed, the bridge was far too high. I am using a quality roller bridge, which I have now ground and filed down the underneath, to drop it lower, actually ground and filed nearly 2 mm off. I fine filed the last bit, and measured with my digital calipers to get the same amount, got it within 2 thousand of an inch, and will now have a tidy action. [ I read a lot of articles on set up, as I am a novice ]. I will be keeping the original wiring for now, but bought better humbucker pickups.
I have bought Warman 10th anniversary limited edition alnico 2 humbuckers, number 27 set of 50. I intend to use a DPDT on/on toggle switch to allow both pu`s to be coil tapped. Will post pics when finished.