I hope your build has been coming along well. I stumbled on this post because I too am looking to build a semi hollow 12 string tele. I have found a few sites for the Gotoh 12 string bridge, and most of them are identical to the one you posted. I've seen some sites that make custom traditional tele bridges with top load and string through but those were $170+ which is a little extreme in my opinion.
Looking at a good deal of forums, it seems like the Gotoh string through holes are not linear, with the E string slightly offset from the rest. If you are drilling your own, that will definitely not be a problem. I had asked the factory to pre drill the string through holes prior to my bridge research, so my attempt will be getting a better bridge plate with linear holes and adding Gotoh saddles to that (assuming what I have read on the forums is correct). Hoping for the best there. I am also having it routed for humbucker pickups so that helps with the bridge pickup shape.
You may want to consider using this bridge for sake of ease for stringing, and then using a pickup cover adapter to fit the single coil in place while covering any routed gaps. Something like this for example... https://reverb.com/item/15827994-bil...apter-ring-1-4
I am not getting my kit until June, but I hope to see some updates from your build while I eagerly await mine!
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