I imagine the baritone switch in the reissue would work better with a higher impedance pickups? That is the grey area of guitar electronics for me.
My plan to get the pickup sitting about 3 mm higher is finished!
I plugged the stock screw holes, which were all over the place and pretty worn out. I also plugged the cavity for the inductor and tidied up the pickup cavity floor with a router. To do so I made a router template from an A4 sheet of MDF, designed to register and anchor from the middle bridge mounting stud and the sides of the neck.
I then fitted wooden inserts into the pickup cavity and painted everything black. Matt black aerosols and heat shrink tubing can make any old nonsense look semi professional!
In fitting this all out it is pretty clear the factory pickup route isn't very square or even. It is wider on the treble side!